How far HN has fallen when an intelligent comment like this is downvoted. Yes, I expect mine will be too. I no longer care about the opinions of this community.
Unfortunately your common sense is in the minority of opinion here. HN is plagued by overeager engineers who endlessly discuss the how without addressing the much more important why.
Why bother having a pet at all if you're not going to personally care for it?
It's not surprising that the "educated" skew blue. The institutions in this country preach ideology in addition to teaching practical skills. We all know which direction the majority ideology follows...
Is there evidence of the interview actually taking place? Why was his own lawyer not allowed to attend?
If he's alive, then someone has certainly mentioned to him that the Internet is going crazy about this. Why doesn't he simply walk a few feet and show himself on the balcony, as he has done before?
Side note: labelling something a "conspiracy theory" is a way to dismiss an idea without thinking about it. If you want to refute the facts in the thread, use better facts.