> "If you want to argue big-picture political issues, go right ahead." From the guidelines [0] "Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you ha

> "If you want to argue big-picture political issues, go right ahead." From the guidelines [0] "Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them." Argue big-picture political issues if you have genuine contributions to make. If you just want to say something boring like "religion is the root of all evil", it doesn't belong on Hacker News in any thread. [0] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html