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I said almost entirely apolitical, thank you. Please try to capture the relevant context if you're going to quote. Your whole reply and my whole reply were abo
by roc 17y ago
I said almost entirely apolitical, thank you. Please try to capture the relevant context if you're going to quote.
Your whole reply and my whole reply were about the speech in the context of its relevance to HN. So why you thought I was suggesting you opposed the speech itself is beyond me.
And, again, I'm agreeing with you that the quantity of US political material on HN is unfortunate and the 'US affects the world' argument is not justification.
As to your points:
Should we reject every 'how to make your startup work' article for repeating common themes?
Should we reject every author for having an ulterior motive of self-aggrandizement? (i.e. reject every attributed article)
Should we reject every article that might have been improved by contributors, ghostwriters, editors, etc?
I still think you're trying too hard to find fault with this as a submission to HN.
- plinkplonk 17y ago" said almost entirely apolitical" And this is where we disagree. I am saying it is "almost entirely" political. Not the content, but the making of the speech. And as I said before there is nothing wrong in anything being entirely or semi political. There is a place for politics in the world. Not on HN! "I'm agreeing with you that the quantity of US political material on HN is unfortunate and the 'US affects the world' argument is not justification." I got that. I never said you were saying something else. " Should we reject every 'how to make your startup work' article for repeating common themes?" When it is a politican, (no matter how talented a politican he is), making a speech very tenuously connected to startups, certainly. When an article is just re-warmed bits and pieces from various pre published articles, certainly. "I still think you're trying too hard to find fault with this as a submission to HN." I completely support your right to think so. That's what the downvote/upvote/flag buttons are for. And with that I leave the field to you. I have a "thread depth" trigger which just tripped. Adios.