Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade

Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by lijman on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:41AM (#7142354)

I love India!

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by skrebbel on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:03AM (#7142623)

Hey, welcome to Hacker News!

When I first came here, I was surprised that people downvoted my comments, so here's just a heads-up in case you wonder about the same: people didn't downvote your comment because they don't love India, or because they don't love that you do - they downvoted your comment because it does not meaningfully contribute to the discussion.

Additionally, some may wonder, do you completely, absolutely, love India? That seems like a rather black-and-white attitude for a forum like HN. Or are there things about India that you hate, too? Things that don't make you love it less but still could be better? Maybe some that relate to the subject of this post? That would be a place to start.

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by kamakazizuru on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:27AM (#7142696)

Actually - he posted something snarky about how this is no big deal considering the poverty, rape, sanitation etc issues that India has - and got majorly downvoted for that - and then seems to have edited it to something else.. While a message like "I love X" wouldnt contribute to the discussion - it's usually likely to just be ignored - but not so severely downvoted. Lastly - for the sake of the argument - "love" is anyways not black and white - so someone saying they love something doesn't mean they are making a blanket statement!

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by lijman on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:52AM (#7142779)

Patriotism is not something which needs to be proved on blogs or twitter.If you think poverty or rape has nothing to do with sex ratio of a country then the joke is on you.A valid argument(fact)was made,it was rubbished by "patriotic" people and I showed my patriotism.Sarcasm?

PS- the HN account is just new but I've been long time visitor and referring India as "it" respectful?

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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by kamakazizuru on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:57AM (#7143797)

no one is saying that there are no other issues in India. However - none of what you're bringing up has to do with increased life expectancy. I'd accept this argument if it was 70 year olds going out and raping. That said - I do wish that rapists weren't born or suffered infant mortality- but then again - I'm sure there were things that went wrong in their lives that made them be as screwed up as they turned out.

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