That wasn't very nice, and you didn't add anything particularly helpful to the conversation. Regular HN readers will be familiar with thinkcomp's problems with this legislation and don't need you volunteering to police him; irregular or newer readers might find one of his comments informative, or might not, and either way, still don't need your help in pointing out his "coatrack".

We're mostly all adults here. It would be nice if HN police limited themselves to matters of civility and trusted everyone else to figure out the rest on their own.