Deleting the "Art of War" Post
September 7, 2014 6:21 AM Subscribe
Great article inviting bad/ boring comments = deletion? I thought that the linked article on Israel battle tactices inspired by post-modern philosophy was truly fascinating. Now, I guess the poster should have known that the comments would be 10% good faith discusion of the article and 90% standard Israel-Palestine axe grinding ... but for that to merit deletion is just a variant on the heckler's veto.
Regarding the article: who knew that military academies are teaching post-modern philosophy, to say the least of integrating it into tactical battlespace doctrine? Who knew that the IDF made a point of not using roads or doors as a means avoiding ambush? (The US Army and Marines approach to avoiding ambush after the disastrous first years of the Iraq occupation was to keep using the roads but with MRAPS rather than Humvees to withstand the ambushes better.)
The hecker's veto is problematic, and inconsistently applied. Many other kinds of posts can be relied upon with a high degree of confidence to produce a minimally interesting conversation, and yet are not deleted. The fact that minimally interesting Israel-Palestine conversation is two-sided, and not one-sided (dots and reminiscences for celebrity deaths, chearleading for the nth gay marriage decision, etc.) shouldn't really make a difference.
Solution? Maybe for really interesting articles that we know aren't going commented upon well or interestingly, a "comments deactivated" option?
Regarding the article: who knew that military academies are teaching post-modern philosophy, to say the least of integrating it into tactical battlespace doctrine? Who knew that the IDF made a point of not using roads or doors as a means avoiding ambush? (The US Army and Marines approach to avoiding ambush after the disastrous first years of the Iraq occupation was to keep using the roads but with MRAPS rather than Humvees to withstand the ambushes better.)
The hecker's veto is problematic, and inconsistently applied. Many other kinds of posts can be relied upon with a high degree of confidence to produce a minimally interesting conversation, and yet are not deleted. The fact that minimally interesting Israel-Palestine conversation is two-sided, and not one-sided (dots and reminiscences for celebrity deaths, chearleading for the nth gay marriage decision, etc.) shouldn't really make a difference.
Solution? Maybe for really interesting articles that we know aren't going commented upon well or interestingly, a "comments deactivated" option?
This post was deleted for the following reason: This should go in Metatalk -- taz
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posted by ZenMasterThis at 6:23 AM on September 7, 2014