[ThaddeusQuay2]

The example you give was a harsh yet necessary action due to the fact that low-IQ humans require brutality to understand when they've done wrong, because nice words and the rule of law just don't cut it with them. Also, you fail to mention the many millions of blacks who were not hung from helicopters. It's not like the hangings were part of a systemic plan of eradication, whereas what the current government is doing to the remaining Whites certainly is. You imply that the current government is somehow enlightened. Have you seen photos of Whites brutally tortured and killed by said government?

The former Rhodesia was a veritable paradise in comparison to most of sub-Saharan Africa. Now it has (according to the following video) the lowest life expectancy of any country in the world. That change is a direct result of the combination of switching from White rule to black rule, and the killing of remaining Whites who continued to want to play a useful role in what they believed was a country in which they still belonged.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MPKGZreusoQ (Inside a Failed State - Zimbabwe)(Journeyman Pictures)

[moe]

low-IQ humans require brutality to understand when they've done wrong

I'm afraid the most we can do for you at this point is to delete your account and to wish for a good beating in your near future.

[ThaddeusQuay2]

I'm a hacker and a scientist, like most HNers. There is no cause to delete my account, especially as you can see that the vast majority of my comments have nothing to do with race, but rather with hacking and science. Also, deleting my account would be like admitting that your points system doesn't work as intended. If certain of my comments go below a certain amount of points, they won't be seen to most HNers, which is how it's supposed to work. Deleting my account would be superfluous and overkill. Lastly, I'm pretty sure that wishing a beating upon me is not a statement which PG would condone, especially given that you work for him.

[alexholehouse]

> The example you give was a harsh yet necessary action due to the fact that low-IQ humans require brutality to understand when they've done wrong, because nice words and the rule of law just don't cut it with them.

I can't believe this just happened.

[makomk]

You thought that HN was somehow racist-free? It's not going to be, mostly it's just hard to spot them since it's relatively rare for non-white people to even be mentioned on here in the first place.

[ThaddeusQuay2]

That's probably because you've never lived, side by side, day to day, with low-IQ humans. They are not the same as us, and therefore require different treatment. To believe otherwise would imply that the Whites of Rhodesia and South Africa were either heartless monsters, or people who couldn't learn from their environment. Neither of those is possible.

[prodigal_erik]

I'm by no means eager to dismiss an argument made seriously, but if you're going for apologetics for something as appalling as torture, you're going to have to work your way up to it gradually. That's been way beyond western civilization's Overton window for a couple of generations now. It may just be Something You Can't Say.

And capitalizing white as if that accident of birth should be an honorific like an accomplishment? That sounds kind of unhinged.

[ThaddeusQuay2]

If you actually believe that there is "Something You Can't Say" then you most certainly are a person who can "dismiss an argument made seriously".

"At any given moment, the [Overton] "window" includes a range of policies considered politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, which a politician can recommend without being considered too extreme to gain or keep public office."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

The US government has generally admitted to torture, in its "fight against terrorism". Given that the US government wasn't replaced, even partially, or its policies changed in any significant way, through the massive outrage of its citizenry, I am guessing that most people agree with "something as appalling as torture", today, in Western Civilization, as long as it's done for "all the right reasons".

EDIT: I didn't notice this the first time around.

"And capitalizing white as if that accident of birth should be an honorific like an accomplishment? That sounds kind of unhinged."

Why don't you use that line on jews, who insist on "J" simply and entirely due to the mother's religion? They get very upset when you don't capitalize the "j", no matter where the word appears. Even the spellchecker in my Google Chrome browser underlines "jews" in red when I write it in all lowercase. If the power which jews possess is significant enough that it reaches deep down into the bowels of my web browser, then I think that I can get away with referring to the originators and guardians of Western Civilization as White.

You might find it even more unhinged that I usually refer to non-Whites as "unWhite", and I try not to use it at the beginning of a sentence, so as to avoid having to write it with a "U'. Likewise, I avoid using "jews" at the beginning of a sentence. Also, I refer to neo-nazis as "nazis", who are most of the ones you see today, mere pretenders, and I save "Nazis" for those, such as myself, who I think deserve the capitalization. Therefore, "White" doesn't mean every person with pale skin, so, really, it's not about honoring someone because of an accident of birth.