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It's my opinion that posts like this ruin these discussions and more generally are what ruins forums as they grow in size. Above a certain size you get people who think they and their agenda is more important than the actual topic and the noise drown out the good that the forum is trying to do. I don't see a solution for public forums, but it's sad to see it happening.

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In my opinion, pointing out to our fellows on this board that they are violating the law rises above “agenda” but if you want to call that noise I guess you’re entitled to your opinion

IMHO it is a worthwhile discussion, but not according to @dang's understanding of HN:

> HN is not a site for discussing legal matters per se, but only the ones that gratify intellectual curiosity, and only to the extent that they do. That is what we're optimizing for here.

Taken at face value, it is unclear if this particular discussion "gratifies intellectual curiosity"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20620430

This is less a discussion of the law it self and more a discussion on whether actively breaking laws directly on HN is acceptable. Framing it properly makes it much broader than simply a discussion on this particular law.

I actually dont know if I like the new law - but while it is in effect it seems like it should be enforced? Otherwise its just a tax on the companies that invest in HR and are trying to abide by labor laws.

I know its minor but I dont think we should just pick and choose which labor laws to follow, especially with something as relatively unobtrusive to do as this.

Hear, hear. It's not just forums, it's basically all forms of civil society these days. Organizations of all stripe get drown in activists. Always marching through the institutions.

Enforcing the law is “activism” now? Does that make police activists as well?

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