Please don't be like that here. If you have a substantive point to make, you're welcome to.

We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11615847 and marked it off-topic.

I deleted my comment after I saw it had been marked offtopic, before I saw your reply.

I saw the statement I had quoted as an appeal to emotion so didn't feel bad posting my gut reaction to it.

You had quoted my "spirit of Apply HN" comment. That wasn't an emotional appeal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law