The "message" in this case is a totally pointless and off-topic digression about the liturgical significance of yoga.
The meta-message we are engaged in is "how shall I conduct myself on HN to best support the norms of the community".
Because one hopes you'll be contributing to discussions far more relevant and important than yoga, it's worth taking the time to explain how to better calibrate your tone.
Thanks for clarifying that. I sincerely appreciate your time and attention.
However, I am totally confounded by (what appears to me as) the groupthink downvoting going on even now!
(that too on my comments that have nothing to do with this thread!!)
So how do you (or pg) make sure that silent downvoting is applied justifiably and not just a vindictive or punitive action resulting from superficial disagreement? Or is this a non-issue on HN?
And more importantly, are you aware/concerned that such actions (of maybe a few) may make newcomers (like me) see HN as unfriendly at best and nearly tyrannical at worst.
(Needless to say, I should have been civil to begin with, but now this reply is on wholly another point.)
The "message" in this case is a totally pointless and off-topic digression about the liturgical significance of yoga.
The meta-message we are engaged in is "how shall I conduct myself on HN to best support the norms of the community".
Because one hopes you'll be contributing to discussions far more relevant and important than yoga, it's worth taking the time to explain how to better calibrate your tone.