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0 pointslern_too_spel12y ago0 comments

Democracy has nothing to do with this. Democracy is a system of government.

This is about decency. What kind of person goes out of his way to oppress other people? Is that the kind of person I want heading an organization I'm affiliated with? No. Will it affect the Mozilla organization because others feel the way I do? It appears so. Given that, is Eich a good choice for CEO? Probably not.

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coldtea12y ago

>Democracy has nothing to do with this. Democracy is a system of government.

It's a system of government that says you are entitled to your opinion and your vote. It's not just about how you put politicians in office.

>This is about decency. What kind of person goes out of his way to oppress other people?

The same kind of person who thinks that people who are against X or pro Y, should lose job opportunities because of opinions unrelated to their work behavior.

lern_too_spelOP12y ago

Opinions? This guy actively worked to deny rights from people. Would you feel the same if he had actively worked to deny rights to other minorities?

Nobody's denying Mozilla's right to hire him as CEO, just as nobody denied other companies' right to prop up apartheid South Africa. The fact is that actions have consequences, and those companies must weigh the benefits of their actions against the possibility (very real as we've seen in this case) that others will justifiably not want to associate with the business as a result.

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