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Re:Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly by sctb on Thursday February 02, 2017 @06:00PM (#13555796)
Hacker News is not a battleground for ideological warfare, and we ban accounts that were created to behave as though it is. We also ban the main account if it continues, so please stop.
Re:Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly by wallace_f on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:52AM (#13558633)
Meanwhile similar comments criticizing Trump on ideological grounds are fine...
Re:Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly by metaphorm on Friday February 03, 2017 @10:55AM (#13560639)
people are allowed to have political positions. what got banned there was a gimmick/troll account.
Re:Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly by wallace_f on Friday February 03, 2017 @07:43PM (#13564775)
Criticizing Trump = 'people are allowed to have political positions;' criticizing Israel = 'people should get banned for gimmick/troll accounts.'

I don't have some opinion about Israel in which it is one of the worst countries in the world; they have clearly done good for their own people and for others, and have a vibrant economy and technology. However, just as our ability to criticize our own government, or governments in Europe or Asia, increases well-being for citizens of the world, so too should we be allowed to criticize Israel. Nobody is perfect and equating any criticism with thought crimes needs to stop.

Re:Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia Quietly by metaphorm on Friday February 03, 2017 @09:59PM (#13565372)
the account that was banned was literally hours old and existed for no other purpose than to make controversial, instigatory remarks.