"Please tell me you aren't nicknaming yourself after Jefferson Davis. ;)"
No association at all.
"This has ramifications for us all, most certainly including hackers."
By that reasoning, we should just post any political op-ed we happen to agree with, and we can just upvote as practice before the polls open. It's just not hacker news, or not what HN used to be anyway.
"I disagree that Krugman's piece is overly partisan"
I didn't say it was overly partisan. I said it was partisan. That's perfectly fine -- nothing wrong with being partisan. But it's just not the kind of thing I come to HN for.
No association at all.
"This has ramifications for us all, most certainly including hackers."
By that reasoning, we should just post any political op-ed we happen to agree with, and we can just upvote as practice before the polls open. It's just not hacker news, or not what HN used to be anyway.
"I disagree that Krugman's piece is overly partisan"
I didn't say it was overly partisan. I said it was partisan. That's perfectly fine -- nothing wrong with being partisan. But it's just not the kind of thing I come to HN for.