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Just because he was an idiot while in college doesn't mean he can't change and do something good.

• whybroke 11y ago
  >...an idiot while in college... But "Young people are just smarter" -Mark Zuckerberg [1] [1]http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/26/start-up-advice-for-entrepreneurs-from-y-combinator-startup-school/ http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/26/start-up-advice-for-entrep...
• sombremesa 11y ago
  Good point. Why is anyone in prison? We should just let them all run free because we have optimism and faith in their ability to self-reform.
  • yankoff 11y ago
    The question is not about a proper punishment for a crime, the question is whether a person still can do a good thing after he previously fucked up. People bring his previous silly actions as if it proves he can't do anything good. It simply doesn't.
• ekianjo 11y ago
  He was not an idiot, he was smart and manipulative. That's rather the opposite of an idiot. Assuming that he stopped being manipulative now that he's rich would be rather the stupid thing to consider. He's rich now because behaving this way has worked well for him.
• fucking_tragedy 11y ago
  It's more than saying or doing something stupid. It is peek into a fundamental character trait of that person.