This was a covered by the Economic times as many others, I'm not sure how you'd class this as flamebait.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/uk-aid-worth-2-...?

That's a very big stretch of your imagination as its a legitimate argument and discussion to be had. Perhaps not amongst ultra Indian nationalist for which HN has many and your comment makes me feel you may be catering towards.

OK, but your low-information comment was predictably provocative. That makes it flamebait, as well as breaking this guideline: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Glib comments on top of long and torturous histories regularly set opposing commenters off. Even if the vast majority of readers aren't provoked, there's enough area under the long tail to guarantee it. The responsibility is on you not to post something with that expected value (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...).

I respect HN for it's high commentary and why I avoid places like Reddit where possible. I admit, I should have made the comment of higher quality and provided sources, I was attempting to initiate discussion about the topic.

Understood and I appreciate the reminder.

Appreciated!