Re:Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extrad...
by dang on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:56PM
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Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of whether someone else posted a bad comment. We've had to warn you several times before. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this, so we don't have to ban you?
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Re:Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extrad...
by viivaux on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:36AM
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Wasn't a personal attack - it was a statement of fact. Please learn the difference.
Re:Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extrad...
by dang on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:25PM
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The two often coincide. And facts can make an attack crueler. Imagine a middle schooler pointing out facts about another kid's face.
With your comment above, even if I assume you were right on all the facts, it is still a personal attack, insulting the other person's aversions and so on. This is not how thoughtful discussion goes, and we ban people that do this on HN.
We've had to ask you quite a lot about this kind of stuff. I don't want to ban you—I'd rather persuade you that following the site guidelines is in your interest. Why not take them to heart? Doing that makes the site better for everyone, including you—just the same as not littering in a city park or having campfires when a forest is at risk. This being the internet, HN is always at risk, and we all need to care for the commons.