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dataflowyesterday at 8:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

> no punishment is too harsh, this should be considered the equivalent of lighting up a cigarette on a plane.

Okay this is ridiculous. One is a fire hazard and the other is not. Do you really need the hyperbole here?


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0xffff2yesterday at 11:44 PM

Are you aware that smoking used to be allowed on planes? We didn't stop allowing it because of a rash of airplane fires either.

BenjiWiebeyesterday at 8:40 PM

The lack of cigarettes on a plane isn't due to the fire hazard.