This is something I truly believe is draconic. Men have virtually zero reproductive rights. If the conversation comes to it, I will bring it up. If you dislike it you are free to choose another platform.

It's not a tangent it's a direct corollary.

The conversation didn't "come to it", it was pushed. That's what I mean about generic tangents. Somehow we got from the specifics of the Assange case to that's-not-really-rape to "men have no reproductive rights". At each step that's a move into making the topic more grandiose and indignant. Grandiose plus indignant equals flamewar. Flamewars are off topic here. If people keep doing that, we have to ban them, because that's the only way to preserve the site for curiosity, community, and thoughtful discussion—HN's purpose. I don't want to ban you. Therefore, please stop posting like this.

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