think about that for a few minutes. you're advocating censorship and ostracism. who's uncivil now? No, I'm saying that uncivil speech has consequences, and tha

think about that for a few minutes. you're advocating censorship and ostracism. who's uncivil now? No, I'm saying that uncivil speech has consequences, and that's a desirable feature of existing in a society. In order for the predictions in my post to not come true, you would have to somehow prevent people from discussing Linus's incivility. What mechanism do you propose? Also, I can't downvote you because it's a reply to a post of mine (this is how HN works). I generally don't downvote posts I reply to either.