I don't usually reply to meta posts, but I can't help but agree with this.

As much as I appreciate the work moderators do here any other day of the year, it was disappointing that there was no discussion allowed on October 7th - indeed, every thread was nuked - when 0.1% of the Jews in the world were murdered in a single day.

When Russia attacked Ukraine that was very much allowed to be discussed, and rightly so.

I had not realized submissions on 7 Oct were banned. Thank you for drawing attention to that. I threw the term "7 Oct" and "7 October" and there's pretty clearly no major threads about it, especially not in October. Even "Hamas" didn't reveal anything.

I don't think it's at all helpful to say "Every" thread in this conversation is "idiotic" alongside this, though. That just gives people room to dismiss your comment

> Every thread in this conversation is A+ idiotic. … Reddit crowd

I am not sure how this elitism is justified - when it comes to military or international law, there is no difference between asking on HN and a Joe off the street.

Add in the fact that many software developers are, my, how to put this, emotionally challenged, and of course each thread will be idiotic.