That said, I owe you an apology.  I don&#x27;t think my style in the thread above is good.<p>If I were moderating a site like HN, I think I&#x27;d have explicit guidelines for anyone wanting to present a perspective which is a minority view or in any way otherwise controversial.<p>My guidelines would recommend special care in keeping your presentation with a completely neutral tone and an absolute absence of snark.<p>And in particular, the poster should be explicitly informed that his or her opponents will not, cannot, and probably even <i>should not</i> be held to anything remotely like the same high bar.  Because that&#x27;s life, kid.