I'd say "yes, totally". And that's not a bad thing. Some topics are, by their nature, inflammatory, and prone to spark low-quality, low-value discussions. And t

I'd say "yes, totally". And that's not a bad thing. Some topics are, by their nature, inflammatory, and prone to spark low-quality, low-value discussions. And there's no particular reason why we need to have those discussions here. Nobody ever said HN was meant to be the "every thing to every one" forum of the Internet. Some things just belong on Reddit, or Slashdot,or 4Chan, or whatever.