Your suggesting that when a person responds to a post by: 1 - beginning with "You miss the point" and ends with a derogatory "Should we go on? You missing the

Your suggesting that when a person responds to a post by: 1 - beginning with "You miss the point" and ends with a derogatory "Should we go on? You missing the point of the article" 2 - 4 out of 5 of their points are Apple vs. Palm comparisons, completely immaterial to my original post. ...that somehow I'm the one flaming? Perhaps the point count to GandMasterBirt's post is attributable to others also inferring wildly into a post? Is that decent behavior? Does it make the content on HN better or worse? [EDIT] keep in mind that communities like slashdot once had a higher signal to noise ratio. People, like me for instance, don't go their anymore, because its all too common for rational discussion to be drowned out in a sea of fanboyism and offensive behavior.