[mariusor]

I think it's a gross omission on the part of whomever wrote the guidelines if discussions about ethics are deemed off topic.

Because many of these events where tech is being used, or abused, in a way that's morally challenging lead to those discussions, and I for one, am very curious why the tech literate crowd of HackerNews is uncomfortable in talking about them, and presents their amorality as "it's against the guidelines".