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Honest question: Why did you post those messages? Just because they were supposed to be funny? (I wasn't expecting those messages from you?) (FWIW: You are not

Honest question: Why did you post those messages? Just because they were supposed to be funny? (I wasn't expecting those messages from you?) (FWIW: You are not the first one I ask about this.)

rayiner 12y ago
You're probably too morally outraged by all this to appreciate the humor in the phrasing of that sentence.
- reitanqild 12y ago
  I'm not morally outraged at all, - I've told people to go and think twice what they would do if terrorists blew up their kids in a schoolbus. Same goes for outrage about "terrorists": What would I have done if my country was invaded? Hopefully hid in the mountains trying to snipe as many of the invaders as possible, just like my granddad did when the Germans came. Why? Because people are so quick to judge without even trying once to see why the others are doing what they do. I just think it is a bad idea to poke fun at it. There are times for funny remarks on serious stuff. I think you'll find that this is not it.
- coldtea 12y ago
  >You're probably too morally outraged by all this to appreciate the humor in the phrasing of that sentence. How about the humor in sentences about raping?
  - rayiner 12y ago
    I'd be pretty happy if HN could muster the same uniform moral outrage about rape jokes involving non-terrorists (e.g. gamergate) as it has shown in response to my comment about terrorists being cold. But I guess my priorities are out of whack.
    - serf 12y ago
      your priorities are shown to be out of whack by the idea that you believe all of the people receiving these treatments are 'terrorists'.
    - angersock 12y ago
      There's a big difference between a bunch of gamers on the internet making rape threats between/during halo sessions, and members of the .gov/.mil torturing people in black sites...though there are plenty of people on both sides of the gamergate nonsense who'd love to draw a parallel in their level of supposed persecution.
      - mikeash 12y ago
        Also, there seems to be no shortage of outrage on HN towards the perpetrators of such things when such stories are discussed here.
    - coldtea 12y ago
      First of all, not all are terrorists, including by the torturers' own admission. Second, the idea that terrorists (especially as arbitrarily defined, without trial and due process, for years on end) should be tortured is still problematic. Third, yes they are out of whack. The decent human priorities would be to have the same sympathies for all victims, and the same demand for human rights to be applied in both cases.
- woah 12y ago
  Wow you really are a piece of work

Honest question: Why did you post those messages? Just because they were supposed to be funny? (I wasn't expecting those messages from you?) (FWIW: You are not the first one I ask about this.)

rayiner 12y ago

You're probably too morally outraged by all this to appreciate the humor in the phrasing of that sentence.

reitanqild 12y ago
I'm not morally outraged at all, - I've told people to go and think twice what they would do if terrorists blew up their kids in a schoolbus. Same goes for outrage about "terrorists": What would I have done if my country was invaded? Hopefully hid in the mountains trying to snipe as many of the invaders as possible, just like my granddad did when the Germans came. Why? Because people are so quick to judge without even trying once to see why the others are doing what they do. I just think it is a bad idea to poke fun at it. There are times for funny remarks on serious stuff. I think you'll find that this is not it.
coldtea 12y ago
>You're probably too morally outraged by all this to appreciate the humor in the phrasing of that sentence. How about the humor in sentences about raping?
- rayiner 12y ago
  I'd be pretty happy if HN could muster the same uniform moral outrage about rape jokes involving non-terrorists (e.g. gamergate) as it has shown in response to my comment about terrorists being cold. But I guess my priorities are out of whack.
  - serf 12y ago
    your priorities are shown to be out of whack by the idea that you believe all of the people receiving these treatments are 'terrorists'.
  - angersock 12y ago
    There's a big difference between a bunch of gamers on the internet making rape threats between/during halo sessions, and members of the .gov/.mil torturing people in black sites...though there are plenty of people on both sides of the gamergate nonsense who'd love to draw a parallel in their level of supposed persecution.
    - mikeash 12y ago
      Also, there seems to be no shortage of outrage on HN towards the perpetrators of such things when such stories are discussed here.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    First of all, not all are terrorists, including by the torturers' own admission. Second, the idea that terrorists (especially as arbitrarily defined, without trial and due process, for years on end) should be tortured is still problematic. Third, yes they are out of whack. The decent human priorities would be to have the same sympathies for all victims, and the same demand for human rights to be applied in both cases.
woah 12y ago
Wow you really are a piece of work