hyggetrold 3 days ago

HN tries to really avoid this kind of discussion since it never goes anywhere productive. Folks who have really strong views on Israel/Gaza are not going to change their perspective because of a comment thread on Hacker News.

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  • aguaviva 3 days ago

    In this case, they were posting information what was apparently perfectly accurate (except as to the exact age of the girl who was killed in the attack) - per CNN:

       At least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, have been killed by Tuesday’s pager explosions, Lebanon’s health minister Firass Abiad said in an interview with Al Jazeera.
    And indeed it was quite helpful that they did so, as this particular detail hasn't yet made it into the coverage of the event in major outlets such as the NYT, for some reason.
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  • _blk 3 days ago

    I have a strong view. But I won't let that keep me from enjoying a good technical discussion. Like stuxnet, this will strongly influence opsec in the coming decade.

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    • hyggetrold 3 days ago

      From my understanding of the HN guidelines, a technical discussion around the technology in this story is not an issue. Where things break down is when people starting talking about Israel vs Palestine, who is at fault, who should be punished, who is the true aggressor, etc.

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  • hiddencost 3 days ago

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    • hyggetrold 3 days ago

      I'm ready to believe you but the impression I have from your comment is that it would take quite a bit to convince you to take a step back from your personal beliefs and re-evaluate.

      It doesn't even matter what you believe, based on what you wrote, my impression is that you are here to convince others that your viewpoint is correct, not necessarily to gain a new one.

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    • pbiggar 3 days ago

      I imagine the flagging is to stop the conversation about the geneocide, especially since almost every conversation about Gaza gets flagged.

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krunck 3 days ago

Because HN is about intellectual titillation, not about activism and geopolitics.

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  • hermannj314 3 days ago

    I am curious how would you conceal an explosive in an electronic device (like a pager) to make sure that it minimizes collateral damage when it goes off. That is a political question since you ultimately are making a human life vs military objective trade-off.

    The international law standard seems to be proportionality to the military objective desired, so maybe no one (generally) cares how many civilians die if you know the targets will be high ranking.

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