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To be fair, Miles Davis regularly beat his wives...
by thomnottom 11y ago
To be fair, Miles Davis regularly beat his wives...
- yolesaber 11y agoUpvoted because you are right. Sometimes we let the work and creative persona of an artist overshadow their flaws. While I still deeply respect Davis the musician (not that he'd care what some white guy thinks), how he treated some of his wives was disgusting.
- thomnottom 11y agoAnd yes, I said that as someone who absolutely loves Miles Davis the musician.
- mercurial 11y agoHe didn't treat people very well in general. You could say he was an unpleasant individual. Of course, drug and alcohol abuse didn't help.
- andreis_ 11y agoRelated-ish: someone linked to this fantastic read [1] today in some HN thread, and after going through it in awe, I come across the guy's Wikipedia page [2]. Yikes! 1: http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/javaorigin.html http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/javaorigin.html 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton
- thomnottom 11y agoUgh, that reminded me of the story of ReiserFS and Hans Reiser [1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser#Murder_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser#Murder_investigati...