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Looks like some people are flagging this. It just dropped from 1st place to 10th, even though it has 72 points in 40 minutes. To those who think the NSA storie
by swombat 13y ago
Looks like some people are flagging this. It just dropped from 1st place to 10th, even though it has 72 points in 40 minutes.
To those who think the NSA stories shouldn't be brought back up towards the top of HN until this mess is sorted (for months if it needs to be), for those who think the future of our world is not more important than some change of license on MySQL documentation, I hope you lose your flag privileges, you traitors.
If we can't focus on an important story for a few months, we deserve all the crap we're gonna get.
- JeremyMorgan 13y agoUsually I'm one of the first to complain about such things, I don't like it when HN gets too political. But this is too important of a discussion to ignore. We can still talk about the latest JS framework or NoSQL engine and some quirky startup and still dedicate some mindshare something that threatens it all.
- AJ007 13y agoI think this video was already on the front page a few days ago?
- MattyRad 13y agoI agree, we can't let this issue fizzle away, which is probably what the some politicians are hoping for. The encroachment on our natural rights is far to important, especially to us, since we can all grasp the gravity of collecting even the most seemingly trivial data, whereas the general public does not.
- gadders 13y agoPlenty of other places to talk politics, if that's what you want.