[Laaw]

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

This is about politics. It is off-topic. You can argue how the rules are written, but as they currently stand, this is off-topic, by definition.

[dragonwriter]

I think you need to review the definition of the word "most", and then read the section on what is on-topic, as well. When you do, you'll realize that there is no black and white objective line, and that's by design.

[Laaw]

I'm playing the odds, and using my judgement. Combined, this submission is most certainly not what PG had in mind when he founded HN.

I could be wrong, but I don't see how.

[ooooo00000]

You are wrong, because this comes up ALL THE TIME, and the simple answer is that it's not off-topic if enough HN members find it interesting enough to upvote.

[kafkaesq]

OK - we interpret the rules differently, then.

[Laaw]

Nope, this is not up for interpretation. It literally says, "politics is off-topic" in what you quoted.

[dragonwriter]

No, it says "most stories about politics".

[kafkaesq]

It literally says, "politics is off-topic" in what you quoted.

That's very plainly not what it says.

Twisting the words around (when the direct quote is just a couple of centimeters above your reworked version, for all to see) doesn't exactly help your case, either.

BTW it's kind of weird you would claim that "politics is off-topic", when it only takes a few seconds to dig into your own comment history and pull up stuff like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11455942

Nope, this is not up for interpretation.

Find someone else to boss around, please.

[Laaw]

Politics is off topic, that's clear to anyone who reads the rules. Don't make this about you or me, that's pointless and small.

That I'm human and capable of making mistakes doesn't mean what I just said is wrong now.