nvm..
Comments of the form "My country doesn't have this problem that yours does" or variants are generally annoying and useless when they do not name the country.
Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say
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#12Was this removed from the front page?
So news about Prince dying from overdose is okay but 50+ people shot to death is not okay?
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#13Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say
#14Was this removed from the front page? So news about Prince dying from overdose is okay but 50+ people shot to death is not okay?
Lots of people have clicked 'flag', presumably.
There's absolutely no way that the comments here will be productive and not derail, so people have flagged it.
It's almost impossible that anybody with an internet connection will miss this news, so it doesn't need to be here, either.
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#15Was this removed from the front page? So news about Prince dying from overdose is okay but 50+ people shot to death is not okay?
Lots of people have clicked 'flag', presumably. There's absolutely no way that the comments here will be productive and not derail, so people have flagged it. It's almost impossible that anybody with an internet connection will miss this news, so it doesn't need to be here, either.
This is the thing though, it has also been removed from Reddit !
Think about that.
If comments are a problem, then lock it for comments and only allow voting.
But censoring out important news is a huge problem.
Well then I expect all breaking news to be deleted from HN, and I mean all of it.
You can't take the largest mass killing on American soil since 9/11 and simply censor it out because it is a hassle.
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#16And people ask why we still need Pride events. THIS is precisely why we still need pride.
It was a terrorist attack, Pride events won't change a damn thing about it.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lots of people have clicked 'flag', presumably. There's absolutely no way that the comments here will be productive and not derail, so people have flagged it. It's almost impossible that anybody with an internet connection will miss this news, so it doesn't need to be here, either.
This is the thing though, it has also been removed from Reddit ! Think about that. If comments are a problem, then lock it for comments and only allow voting. But censoring out important news is a huge problem. Well then I expect all breaking news to be deleted from HN, and I mean all of it. You can't take the largest mass killing on American soil since 9/11 and simply censor it out because it is a hassle.
>> "But censoring out important news is a huge problem."
People aren't coming to HN for actual news stories. It's not like they won't see this story somewhere else within minutes. Considering who quickly comments here descend into madness on any story involving terrorism or guns it's for the best it was flagged. And locking the comments on HN seems pointless as they're the main reason people are here.
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#18It's been updated to fifty making it the worst mass shooting in US history [1]. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36512308
More updates: It was a gay/LGBT nightclub 53 Dead, 40 or so wounded. Perpetrator is "Omar Mir Seddique Mateen" [1], born in US to Afghan immigrant parents. He was killed by the police. Apparently he was a security officer and had a firearms license because of that [5]. "We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology [Islamic extremism]. But right now we can’t say…
The shooter was an registered democrat[1], Muslim and his father said that his son got "angry" when he saw two men kissing[2].
So it's OK now, just a cultural misunderstanding. Islam is religion of peace.
[1] http://voters.findthedata.com/l/28019600/Omar-Mir-Seddique- Mateen
[2] https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/742007747349188608
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#20Seeing as more gun control will only serve to get Trump elected, why not have an "Arm The LGBTQ" movement? If one of them had a gun, this probably would've been avoided.
(a LGBTQ gun owner/NRA member. Yes, we exist.)