Re:Female monkeys use wile to rally troops
by gspetr on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @03:45PM
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I thought HN welcomed diversity of opinion.
Starting flamewars was not my intention.
When I posted the comment the title of this posting was quite different and it made more sense in that context.
If you wished to ask me to substantiate the comment - you could have done exactly that, no need for threats.
EDIT: I've read the thread in it's entirety.
You're right, it's not the level of discussion I had hoped for.
But I will still maintain that I acted with intellectual integrity and if people have collectively steered towards the lowest common denominator - that is just the way people are.
A sign of times perhaps, but so was this US presidential election. I subscribe to Marcus Aurelius' philosophy of stoicism: "All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them."
Starting flamewars was not my intention.
When I posted the comment the title of this posting was quite different and it made more sense in that context.
If you wished to ask me to substantiate the comment - you could have done exactly that, no need for threats.
EDIT: I've read the thread in it's entirety.
You're right, it's not the level of discussion I had hoped for.
But I will still maintain that I acted with intellectual integrity and if people have collectively steered towards the lowest common denominator - that is just the way people are.
A sign of times perhaps, but so was this US presidential election. I subscribe to Marcus Aurelius' philosophy of stoicism: "All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them."