Thank you, in one sense you failed the challenge because I'm not interested in engaging in your deeper trolling, however you have reminded me how much of a waste of time posting on the internet is in general. I needed the reminder.
May your endless paragraphs continue to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians experiencing genocide, or the poor Israelis who are sad because they have to do a genocide because whatever ethnostatist reason, or whatever it is you believe - from your post history, I'd guess Israel Enjoyer, but from the threads here it's anyone's guess. The benefit of being a smug Socratic type engaged in pedantry is you can never be accused of having the wrong values, since from initial appearances, you have none.
> Thank you, in one sense you failed the challenge because I'm not interested in engaging in your deeper trolling
And yet you replied, curious. In any case, that's OK, since I wasn't responding in order to meet your challenge.
It's curious that you accuse me of having "no values" and of being a "Socratic type". I assumed that, on Hacker News, a forum reputed for its willingness to engage intellectually, a simple challenge to someone's argument would receive a simple response. I assumed that rational debate, free of emotive diversions, was welcomed here. Why would "my values" be relevant? Surely establishing a rational dialogue is what's important on Hacker News. This isn't Reddit, where the standard of dialogue is typically much lower.
simiones could have said "oh yes, you're right, the last 2-3,000 years of history are relevant". Or he could have continued by providing more rationale that they're not. Yet neither he nor anyone else has responded to my observation, instead I just received comments targeted personally at me.
It makes me wonder whether one side of this debate actually has substance to back up its beliefs and actions.
Of course, you have no obligation to respond. If you do respond, I would appreciate it if you would make it about substantive, rational arguments, not personal comments.
May your endless paragraphs continue to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians experiencing genocide, or the poor Israelis who are sad because they have to do a genocide because whatever ethnostatist reason, or whatever it is you believe - from your post history, I'd guess Israel Enjoyer, but from the threads here it's anyone's guess. The benefit of being a smug Socratic type engaged in pedantry is you can never be accused of having the wrong values, since from initial appearances, you have none.