I agree with you in general. One point on this belonging here though: HN isn't only about tech and programming. The submission guidelines say that anything hack

I agree with you in general. One point on this belonging here though: HN isn't only about tech and programming. The submission guidelines say that anything hackers would find interesting is okay. So this one is just a judgement call, it's not totally cut and dry. I can see how it can be debatable. That said, I think a lot of us are marijuana smokers (at least that's the vibe I get from others I've met here) and many of us are all about progressive ideas like legalizing marijuana and such. I'm don't exactly fall into that category this time but I can still see why it's of interest to many here.