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Oh gosh, can we please not do national/regional bickering here? That's not curious conversation (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

As a first step in a better direction, I've changed the baity title to a less baity, or at least more obscure, phrase from the article itself.

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I don't see anything about this post that's against the guidelines. The topic is eminently relevant. I agree with others who have said that this is getting flagged simply because people disagree, on an emotional level. Maybe that's enough to not want this discussion here, but then we should also remove posts discussing Rust (hah).

I didn't say it broke the guidelines (other than by having a baity title).

dang: could you unflag?

It's frustrating when some things can't be discussed on HN because they are insta-flagged as a way to silence them. Although this one is a touchy subject the article does raise some interesting points which could be debated.

Yes, I turned the flags off a while ago.

Thank you.

dang: Your about bio says "Conflict is essential to human life, whether between different aspects of oneself, between oneself and the environment, between different individuals or between different groups" and that is exactly what is happening here. It's a fruitful discussion with a lot of nuance and yes, disagreement. Nothing here seems against guidelines

> It's a fruitful discussion with a lot of nuance

It wasn't like that when I saw the thread; that's why I posted my comment!

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