It’s a “well, actually” and counter to the HN guidelines

bobchadwick 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's a significant difference between a hostage and a prisoner of war, and in this context that distinction seems highly relevant.

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tokai 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Only for someone breaking the guideline of "Assume good faith".

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MarkMarine 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I didn’t downvote you, but a terse “well actually it’s prisoner of war” doesn’t really add to the conversation. Imagine doing that in person, you’d annoy everyone around you. If you explained why it’s distinct and what that might mean for downed crew I think it wouldn’t have been down voted

	▲	cromka 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, they wouldn't annoy everyone around them, that's just your subjective projection. I, for one, found it an important distinction that highlights how easy it is to skew a narrative towards a more sympathetic one. It saw it as having similar value to those Instagram posts juxtaposing headlines reporting on "dead Palestinians" vs "killed Israeli victims".