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Ask HN: What are we doing here, guys? We're just going to submit anything anti-NSA, no matter how shit it is? >Do you think that, as a society, the United Stat
by mdt 13y ago
Ask HN: What are we doing here, guys? We're just going to submit anything anti-NSA, no matter how shit it is?
>Do you think that, as a society, the United States has become a basket case?
You ... do not live here, nor do any of your readers, nor is it reasonable to diagnose entire societies, though I'm sure it makes you feel smart. How do you work for the media and not understand how the media works? Everything you know about the United States, somebody wanted you to know. Which is what makes your list of grievances so disturbing... it reads like the UK media's primary objective is to boost the national ego.
- mcphilip 13y agoI'm an American and agree with the basket case diagnosis. In general, I don't take seriously any comment that quotes the first line of an article and then rages against that one line. It makes me suspect that you haven't read the article and have no business dismissing the entire thing since you found the first line inappropriate.
- mdt 13y agoYou can agree with whatever you want; any such claims are inherently flimsy. No matter who you are, you are one person. I don't care, Philip. Nobody cares what you take seriously on the internet. >inappropriate Oh, yeah, reduce my epistemological claims to mere childish offense. Thanks, MC.
- sillysaurus 13y agoGuys, he's trolling. Let's ignore him rather than dignity this further.
- rimantas 13y agoAfghans, iraqis and lots of other also do not live in the US. That does not mean that US has no influence on their lives.
- rfrey 13y agoA lot of his readers live in the U.S., since U.S. readers can't get news on this from U.S. sources.