(not a response to your particular comment but to the entire subthread)
I have a feeling that the spectrum of responses to this comment—how varied and how intense many were—is mostly a function of cultural differences.
Ways of relating to such matters vary a lot with national/cultural/religious/family background. Unfortunately, on an internet forum we lack the usual implicit ways of recognizing such differences which help modulate this sort of conversation in real life.
I have a feeling that the spectrum of responses to this comment—how varied and how intense many were—is mostly a function of cultural differences.
Ways of relating to such matters vary a lot with national/cultural/religious/family background. Unfortunately, on an internet forum we lack the usual implicit ways of recognizing such differences which help modulate this sort of conversation in real life.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098