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Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by dang on Monday July 25, 2016 @09:21PM
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It's a serious violation of the rules here to bring in someone's personal details as ammunition in an argument, regardless of how wrong they are. Please don't do this again.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by delazeur on Monday July 25, 2016 @09:45PM
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We have both clearly broken the civility rule and I apologize for my part in it, but if someone chooses to identify themselves I don't see how it's uncivil to address them by name. Indeed, I see it done fairly regularly here on HN.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by dang on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:04PM
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It was clearly intended as an attack in this case, and that's not ok, regardless of how wrong the other person is.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by delazeur on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:09PM
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It was not an attack. Being addressed by name is a natural consequence of telling people your name.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by dionidium on Monday July 25, 2016 @08:29PM
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>Frankly I'm surprised you are willing to toe the line this closely with an account that is personally identifiable.
It's only surprising to you because you're ascribing to me views I don't hold.
Second, though my details are in my profile, your use of my name is clearly meant to be threatening and is therefore over the line. A comment like that is simply out of line.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by delazeur on Monday July 25, 2016 @08:52PM
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> It's only surprising to you because you're ascribing to me views I don't hold.
Fine, you're just a terrible communicator then.
> Second, though my details are in my profile, your use of my name is clearly meant to be threatening and is therefore over the line.
Bullshit. For a guy who demands that everything he writes be taken 100% literally, you sure are quick to read extraneous meaning into what I wrote.
Re:How China is rewriting the book on human origins
by dang on Monday July 25, 2016 @09:20PM
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You've both broken the HN guidelines egregiously in this thread. That's unacceptable. Please stop, and please don't do it again.
> once we start thinking that one is better than the other, we get hierarchy, and we get superiority
...with a rebuttal that argues against drawing that conclusion on the basis that uncomfortable discoveries do not imply a hierarchy.
In other words -- and note how absurd this is -- you're saying that my position, which is that differences need not and should not imply a hierarchy, implies not only that I do think there is a hierarchy, but that it's a hierarchy with whites on top.
You drew the exact opposite conclusion from very plain words.
Bluntly: the game you're playing -- you're a white supremacist until you say otherwise! -- is gross. I've said absolutely nothing to imply that I am one. (Again, I actually said exactly the opposite.) Your attempt to hold me hostage is absurd.
And before you respond that I still haven't denied it: Knock it off. This is not how adults disagree.