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Really? The world must unite to fight the possibly unethical enforcement of a sensible law in a country which has (for the most part, but with some exceptions o
by nyellin 15y ago
Really? The world must unite to fight the possibly unethical enforcement of a sensible law in a country which has (for the most part, but with some exceptions outside of its jurisdiction) an excellent court system that has overturned similar decisions in the past?
This is a controversial issue, which doesn't belong on HN, partly because people's strong opinions on Israel are often disproportionate to their overall interest in human rights in the middle east. People in this thread have a special self-righteous stick up their ass for Israel, but can't name the neighboring countries which executed or imprisoned gays, woman rights activists, and journalists or even tweeters last year.
- rooshdi 15y agoIssues with other countries in the middle east have been discussed. Some examples: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3599396 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3599396 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2157796 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2157796 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3575029 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3575029 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=550719 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=550719 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=452153 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=452153 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2616318 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2616318 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565419 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565419
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- cabalamat 15y ago> This is a controversial issue, which doesn't belong on HN, partly because people's strong opinions on Israel are often disproportionate to their overall interest in human rights in the middle east. I don't see how that could make it off-topic. Everyone one HN -- indeed, everyone -- knows more about some things than others, and has more interest in some things than others, so by your standards everythin g ought ot be off-topic for HN. > People in this thread have a special self-righteous stick up their ass for Israel, but can't name the neighboring countries which executed or imprisoned gays, woman rights activists, and journalists or even tweeters last year. That may be true of some sections of the general public. I suspect it is less true of HNers.