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Re:Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade sec... by jamescostian on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:16PM (#18743395)
In the post you're replying to, I included a link that does not contain the sentence you quoted. In fact, that link shows the person making a valid correction. If you read it, you'll see why I upvoted it.

The entire point of the comment I made (which you replied to) is not that baybal2 is correct (in fact, I have no idea/opinion of whether they are correct about the defendent being innocent). The point is that ad hominem attacks through downvotes are a bad thing.

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Re:Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade sec... by scarejunba on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:54AM (#18745143)
PG has maintained from the beginning that HN comments need not be upvoted for civility alone. “I disagree therefore I downvote” is valid etiquette on HN. I’m not going to stop doing that.
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