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I think Denton's a parasite, but they forced Hogan to be accountable for something he should not have done like a tasteless Wikileaks. A nicer and more ethical
by benologist 10y ago
I think Denton's a parasite, but they forced Hogan to be accountable for something he should not have done like a tasteless Wikileaks. A nicer and more ethical Gawker could have been a good thing, were it allowed to survive and change.
I don't think it matters Thiel funded it, I don't really see how that's different to a high profile lawyer volunteering or expecting Apple, Google etc to step in when Lodsys were being parasites the other year etc. The EFF funds plenty of stuff too I think. If the consequences were survivable or Hogan lost would anyone have cared Thiel backed it?
- tnone 10y agoI'm really curious to hear your justification for calling this a matter of accountability, considering he was set up so that tape could be filmed, and all it shows is consensual sex. People shouldn't have sex? Polyamory is morally wrong? Celebrities do not deserve privacy? What? The tape was ruled not suitable for publishing a long time ago, when Gawker published "A Judge Told Us to Take Down Our Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Post. We Won't." They were suitably outraged over leaked female celebrity nudes of course.
- benologist 10y agoHe decided to get a blowjob from his friend's wife... everything else happened because it was less secret than he thought!