You don't talk about fight club here. I don't know who was the smartass that decided that but here we are. Stupid rule but it's their place.
And adding "offensive" every other sentence [1] assumes (for me at least - for others not that much) that you are talking about us as crybabies being easily offended.
I almost downvoted for positioning yourself as a purveyor of ethics with the implied assumption that everybody will agree with you.
But in general people around here indeed _are_ easily offended - see for example 'rzv' in this thread being downvoted for talking about this very problem. Depends of course on the thread and on the self-selected audience.
So - what can you learn from a downvote? For me is: don't debate here - HN it's not a platform suitable for debating ideas.
And adding "offensive" every other sentence [1] assumes (for me at least - for others not that much) that you are talking about us as crybabies being easily offended. I almost downvoted for positioning yourself as a purveyor of ethics with the implied assumption that everybody will agree with you.
But in general people around here indeed _are_ easily offended - see for example 'rzv' in this thread being downvoted for talking about this very problem. Depends of course on the thread and on the self-selected audience.
So - what can you learn from a downvote? For me is: don't debate here - HN it's not a platform suitable for debating ideas.
[1] not by _you_ - but in general