I&#x27;ll vote you up mainly because I also wonder a bit about why this article is here.  I haven&#x27;t been around HN for that long, but even a year ago I seem to remember that the articles voted up were mainly technical in nature or related to startups.  I have noticed that as discussion boards get more popular they seem to move to being platforms for expressing opinion on political subjects.  It may be my imagination, but these kinds of topics seem to be becoming prevalent to the point where I&#x27;m seriously thinking of not checking in any more.<p>One may wonder why I am looking at the comments for such a topic, if I am not interested.  To be honest, I&#x27;m wondering if I am the only such person.  Possibly not.