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The weaker road is to circle the wagons, my friend. Because someone seems good at something excuses criminal behavior through systematic harassment, intimidati

The weaker road is to circle the wagons, my friend. Because someone seems good at something excuses criminal behavior through systematic harassment, intimidation, threats and attempted endangerment the lives of others? I think not. We should forget because of the slap on the wrist in San Quentin? I doubt it. But you would let him off the hook and forget about it, it's unimportant. Riight. That sort of behavior bleeds over because it makes a person a liability, rendering them untrustworthy for anything significant. Jeremy Clarkson was handled appropriately, Macy was not. As further evidence, I know of at least five (5) startups whom passed on about a dozen seemingly technical badasses for being too arrogant... capable but unable to mesh with various ventures. In a word: hubris. If a community's leadership doesn't consistently defend boundaries of civility, it's not going to endure because teams are fragile and cofounder/early participant squabbles kill more ventures/projects than anything else. Someone like that must prove beyond measure that they have changed, especially when others think no one's watching... Or they're just playing society for fools, again. (The five startups all found exceptionally smart and nice early employees, and four of them exited in 7-8 figure territory. One combined with amother startup and pivoted.)

gherkin0 11y ago
> because of the slap on the wrist in San Quentin It's that kind of thinking that gets people thrown in prison for 30 years for non-violent drug crimes. He went to prison, he didn't just get a fine and community service. I don't think that's a "slap on the wrist."
- bro-stick 11y ago
  Then you agree with the unfairness. If a black person did this, they would get 30 years. End the War on Drugs and let many more of the mandatory minimum folks out, not just because it's costly, but because it's unjust. But that's a distraction away from the seriousness of the crimes committed and the lack of punishment in this case. So it is indeed, comparatively, a slap on the wrist, compared to people serving much longer sentences for far, far less. Edit: Solitary confinement is one of the worst forms of passive torture imaginable and most state prison systems deliberately abuse it on a routine basis... This should also end.

gherkin0 11y ago

> because of the slap on the wrist in San Quentin It's that kind of thinking that gets people thrown in prison for 30 years for non-violent drug crimes. He went to prison, he didn't just get a fine and community service. I don't think that's a "slap on the wrist."

bro-stick 11y ago
Then you agree with the unfairness. If a black person did this, they would get 30 years. End the War on Drugs and let many more of the mandatory minimum folks out, not just because it's costly, but because it's unjust. But that's a distraction away from the seriousness of the crimes committed and the lack of punishment in this case. So it is indeed, comparatively, a slap on the wrist, compared to people serving much longer sentences for far, far less. Edit: Solitary confinement is one of the worst forms of passive torture imaginable and most state prison systems deliberately abuse it on a routine basis... This should also end.