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Users have flagged the submission and some of the less humane comments in the thread. That's probably the right outcome, given that there's no way to stop the discussion from being about the events of 8 years ago, but probably no good discussion about them to be had in this context.


Perhaps the link could be changed to a news article rather than the Facebook page? For example:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/adrian-lamo-hacker-dies/


That's a good idea. Thanks for pointing it out.

Url changed from https://www.facebook.com/groups/majordomo/permalink/10156204....

Edit: We'll try turning off the flags and seeing if the discussion can do better.


I had some of my comments pruned not so long ago (not by you AFAIK) for daring offend the religion of Lisp, it seems a no brainer that half the comments in this thread should be flushed down the toilet with far greater vigour, just as my Lisp comments were. One would hope editorial policy places higher priority on human life than it does Lisp

Meanwhile thanks for popping up. I've applied my flags :)




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