Why is the Hackernews on-topic policy generally adhered to, except for this war?

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On-Topic: “Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups.”

Off-Topic: “Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they’re evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.”

Rule of thumb: “If they’d cover it on TV news, it’s probably off-topic.”