&gt;<i>Once again: note that the story we&#x27;re commenting on has nothing to do with violence, nor does the comment that sparked off this subthread about violence.</i><p>Sure. Probably I imagined the &quot;Maybe the guy just wanted to be punched in the face?&quot; quote, and the response to that discussing violence, all present before I added my comment on the subject lower in the thread.<p>Readers, see how you can use your high status on HN, and the fact that people won&#x27;t particularly check the whole thread, to marginalize and accuse people you don&#x27;t like of trolling. All the while speaking from a pedestal, with call-outs to &quot;readers&quot; and such shenanigans.<p>And if they dare respond to set things straight (at least from their perspective), that&#x27;s more proof that they are indeed trolls.<p>I stop here, can&#x27;t win this game, and am 40-something, so I&#x27;m not interested in games in the first place.