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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by dang on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:40PM (#11923661)
We've banned this account for violating the HN guidelines. If you don't want it to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected].
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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by umanwizard on Friday June 17, 2016 @04:05PM (#11925221)
As the guy who this was responding to, I don't think they should be banned. Most of their posting history seems fairly civil, other than this outlier.
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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by gk1 on Friday June 17, 2016 @04:53PM (#11925485)
Unrelated: Any idea why this submission is flagged? I don't think it's against the guidelines.
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Re:Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics by dang on Saturday June 18, 2016 @02:08PM (#11929846)
Users flagged it, perhaps because they thought it was more sensational controversy than intellectually interesting.
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