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Critcism of US spying is not "starting a flame war". Please refrain from interfering with healthy discussion.

• dang 4y ago
  Words cannot express how little we care what you or anyone else has to say about "US spying" as long as you/they do it within the site guidelines and the intended spirit of the site. From a moderation point of view, the issue is not "US spying", it's "violation of the site rules" - which was happening all over this thread. This was the extreme opposite of "healthy discussion". Btw, your account has been adding to this flamewar in just the way that we don't want here. I'm not going to ban you right now, but only because it doesn't feel sporting to ban an account that I only noticed when you replied to me. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules, though, we'd appreciate it.
  • testaccountfor 4y ago
    Thanks for proving my point. "Don't criticise US spying, and I'll threaten you with ban if you do." Not a single rule was violated in the post above. Looks like hackernews needs more responsible moderators.
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