Spaced because HN won't let me submit stories with the word troll in them.

Don't you think the reasoning behind banning troll stories might apply in this case as well? It's drama, not news.

No I don't, otherwise I wouldn't have submitted it.

The author has some good points on a hard problem - the nature of public internet debate combined with the permanency of the internet, is killing off debate in favour of soundbites.