Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking $1M Coinbase account

Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by intev on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:29AM (#27929134)

I'm sorry, but what? Their comment to me reads like an objective statement of facts. They don't lean one way or another, or even say if they agrees with it or not. You can't even do that on HN?

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by vkou on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:05AM (#27929375)

Give me six facts about the most honest of men, and I'll have enough to hang them.

Which facts you include and exclude is quite relevant to your bias, politics, etc.

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by intev on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:38AM (#27929556)

This is a philosophical slippery slope. The next question is "what are facts?", or "who decides what's immoral?". I'm not interested in going down this because it's pointless.

Reading the original comment, what can construed as "too political" for HN? There wasn't any strong support or opposition.

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Re:Ethereum dev Virgil Griffith back in jail after checking ... by vkou on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:28PM (#27934051)

"The United States invaded Iraq and killed 500,000 innocent people because of the fragile ego of the Bush-Cheney cabal' is an example of:

1. An utterly reprehensible crime against humanity.

2. An accurate fact that's oft-repeated on HN

3. A highly political fact.

4. Utterly pointless to introduce in any conversation that is not closely related to wars.

5. A necessary reminder that our shit stinks.

Despite all that, it's 'too political' to bring it up in a thread like this - because it has nothing to do with the subject, other than to give people a reason to engage in a nationalistic pissing contest.

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