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That’s an uncharitable summary of that comment.

A better one would be “please understand that this is talking about advertising and regulation in a country with norms very different from your own. If you don’t know the difference, don’t jump in with comments about how you think things should be.”

Like if someone defends this advertising under the First Amendment, that isn’t very relevant to the UK is it?

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Every Hacker News thread inevitably devolves into a conversation about the US Constitution and the Founding Fathers regardless of any attempts to stop it.

The ongoing insinuation that the US is the One True Way to run a State has caused so much legitimate worldwide damage. It’s sad to see supposedly enlightened HN commenters continue to perpetuate it.

That is mostly because americans still haven't learnt that the internet is not USA exclusive but actually world-wide. This phenomenon was already quite apparent in the 90s, on usenet for instance. One would assume this gets better over time, but alas, no, it doesn't. Americans are about the only people on this planet that behave like they are the only country on earth.

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