[polyfractal]

Umm, woah there buddy?

The parent poster presented disagreements in a rational, calm manner that facilitates discussion. Everyone is entitled to opinions, and he made his points in a rather respectful manner.

You, on the other hand, exploded like a bomb. Why the need to lash out so violently? You've been around HN for a long time so you should know that this kind of discourse is not really desired.

[jessedhillon]

Are we reading the same posts? Is it calm and rational to tell someone their head is up their ass?

[polyfractal]

Ah, fair enough, I did glance over that particular verbage in his post. Cursing aside, the overall tone of his post was pretty level-headed.

I think people can and should disagree with opinions, including opinions of someone as well known as Mr. Suster. And you can and should be able to disagree with someone disagreeing with said opinions.

But do it nicely, yeah?

[jessedhillon]

Apart from being a little sarcastic I think I was generally respectful. I basically said that it was overkill to flame him so harshly when the only argument appears to be based with Suster's style. It's certainly fine to disagree with anyone, just why so harshly, and especially over such a minor point. Why not more respectfully?