alt Hacker NewsMy god, and we thought those english teachers were idiots when they insisted we should learn things like reading comprehension and metaphors.
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whycombinetor • last Tuesday at 5:18 AM
It's a poor metaphor. Real tolerance necessitates intolerance - see Marcuse. What is a browser going to do, send malformed HTTP requests and name-and-shame any server who refuses to respond? Servers vs. browsers is not the same type of relationship as people vs. people.
Not to mention that the author's metaphor is implying that certain types of people are malformed.
dingnuts • last Tuesday at 5:22 AM
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I understand what the author is trying to say, and I agree with the second half of the text, but the link between both halves is tenuous at best.