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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by themafia on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:04PM (#46479615)
> He was someone who took the country illegally with cartel people.

That's an allegation. We are from a nation of laws where this behavior within it's borders would be in violation of the constitution.

> Maduro was smuggling drugs in USA

Shall we talk about what the CIA has been doing in Venezuela for decades?

> You want China and Russia be there?

The worst form of whataboutism.

> And people from Venezuela were the biggest migration wave in the World last decades.

Is that because they hate Maduro or because they need money?

> You want millions of refugees?

We already have them. Can we /please/ talk about WHY without getting distracted by nonsense drug dealing claims?

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by lurk2 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:53PM (#46480161)
This style of commentary is obnoxious and not appropriate for this forum.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by themafia on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:37PM (#46480646)
Asking questions in good faith is not appropriate?

If difference exist between two people then the quickest way to resolve them is to reveal them. It seems some people prefer to paw around in the dark out of deference. I did not believe this was part of the "hacker ethic."

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by lurk2 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:55PM (#46480857)
> Asking questions in good faith is not appropriate?

You aren't asking questions in good faith, you're trying to score points.

> It seems some people prefer to paw around in the dark out of deference.

You're doing it here, implying that I'm a deferential coward instead of stating it outright. I would urge you to review the site guidelines. The only reason this site is worth visiting in the first place is because it isn't ordinarily full of the sort of Reddit-style commentary you're engaging in right now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html