standards of discourse in a community are the product of that community. we don&#x27;t take direction from &quot;dear leader&quot; Paul Graham or anyone else.<p>is there anything in my comments that you think is out of line? did I attack anyone ad hominem or use weasel words or other forms of deceptive rhetoric?<p>judge for yourself. my standards of conversation are perfectly fine though, in my opinion. in fact, nearly ALL of the conversation in this thread has been perfectly fine.<p>my question for you is: why are you so sensitive about the tone of the conversation? is it that you&#x27;re unhappy that so many people are deeply offended by Marc Andreesen&#x27;s comments and it makes you uncomfortable to confront that disagreement?