You just linked me to a thread I wrote half a dozen comments in? Did you read it? :)
Certain types of making fun of things make for valid comments. In this case, I was pointing out the striking similarity between what he said, and 1984.
Sorry about that, I somehow missed the reference. As for the comment thread, I did read it a few days ago, but I don't typically go back and re-read comment threads. Also, I don't tend to recognize names until I've seen them a lot. I was making the (apparently wrong) assumption that as a relatively new user, you weren't familiar with Hacker News karma-assignment trends.
I had already voted all three of the posts up, anyways, because I felt the highly-negative karma was a bit unfair.
Certain types of making fun of things make for valid comments. In this case, I was pointing out the striking similarity between what he said, and 1984.