Nope, IMHO the first comment was an example of someone not reading/understanding the article, and ridiculous overreaction - that's why they were downmodded. Fo

Nope, IMHO the first comment was an example of someone not reading/understanding the article, and ridiculous overreaction - that's why they were downmodded. For me, it didn't add anything at all to the conversation and would have been more suited to digg/reddit. The second is at +1, but IMHO the article itself should probably be flagged... However, "Societies with more men than women are violent, and start wars." isn't something you can really calmly respond to. Again, it's overreaction that belongs on digg/reddit. If there. The downmod works well IMHO. Another example would be in response to the last.fm / techcrunch rumor, if someone responded with "I just closed my last.fm account and will be urging all my friends to do the same". I'd downmod that also. It's overreaction, and does not add anything to the discussion.