If you click "Vote now or add your view", you find that 87% of the debate observers were convinced by Schneier. I believe that counts as an ass handing.
It's the difference between a Hacker News that tells you how to feel about an issue, and a Hacker News that assumes you're a big boy and can generate your own opinion. When linking to a source material it's best to stay neutral.
I don't see how title is telling me what to think. It's using interesting language. Artistic license != editorializing. If title had made some opinion on the facts, such as Schneinr is right, or made up something not in article, tsa stooge is an asshat. That would be editorializing.
I would hate it hn was reduced to "let's not offend anyone, groupthink" titles. Like "link to article."
People submit articles, they get to and should add their personality to the title. Otherwise why even have them, just suck title from page.
It doesn't mean that any debate observers were convinced by Schneier. It just means they agree with the motion.
In order to see who was convinced, you'd need those polled to have given their opinion before the debate and after, to calculate any change in opinion.
