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Can HN have a moratorium on political submissions for just two months?
by Jach 15y ago
Can HN have a moratorium on political submissions for just two months?
- artmageddon 15y agoNo, because if we stop monitoring political events that relate to our interests then we end up with things like the DMCA.
- Jach 15y agoWhat percentage do you estimate of HN users would never hear about this if it never was submitted here? What probability do you estimate that anything (clarification: anything significantly benefiting "our interests") is going to happen conditional on every HN user having heard about this? On a scale of 1 to 10, "hardly" to "very", how surprised were you to hear about this? Edit: And one more, since the downvote police haven't gotten this one yet, what probability do you estimate that by HN ignoring the political world for two months any of your nightmares will come true?
- why-el 15y agoYou dont see a connection between this link and the HN community interests?
- walru 15y ago"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." --Thomas Paine
- Jach 15y ago"I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be." ~Franz Boas (Hmm, someone didn't like that quoteback. Okay, here's another one, from yours truly. "Gentlemen, I'm just as concerned as you are about those Redcoats overrunning our town! I just don't think my front yard is an adequate, let alone optimal, place to defend it.")
- alan_cx 15y agoTwo months is enough time to be jailed.