> Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Does someone elses crime expunge our ow

> Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Does someone elses crime expunge our own? You mentioned you were scared of being "murdered" which meant you understood the problem of what you were sharing. Just pointing out the comment guidelines is a simple way of keeping hackernews as a good place to have conversations rather than becoming another internet forum. > Even if it was a joke it's always a bad idea to post anything even remotely controversial on the Internet I do not think this is true. Humour is a fantastic way to treat controversial topics, but there is a place and a time. Hackernews is many things, but its not the best place to have a one-liner observational humour stand up routine over politics.