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No, I don't think that's fair. But the author is explicitly encouraging such behavior because it all worked out for him/her in hindsight. That's what I don't
by Cyph0n 9y ago
No, I don't think that's fair.
But the author is explicitly encouraging such behavior because it all worked out for him/her in hindsight. That's what I don't agree with.
- bsder 9y ago> the author is explicitly encouraging such behavior That wasn't what I read. What I read was if you do something that happens to be negative in some way and get noticed, this is now a permanent scarlet letter. This can range from his "corporate deathburgers" (which is vandalism) to a "controversial editorial" (which isn't illegal at all but can bring the wrath of the universe on you). I bet that ALL of us have said things at various points that we would not want recorded forever. Unfortunately, we have not yet evolved appropriately calibrated social behaviors to deal with this. The current modality of "No Tolerance--Burn The Infidel(tm)" for everything, no matter how minor, is not helpful.
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- Spooky23 9y agoWe have. It’s called forgetting and leaving stuff in the past. Now we have records of everything and disqualify folks with no meaningful reasoning. When I started my career in the late 90s, I know of a half dozen senior leaders who were actively involved in the Vietnam era anti war movement. My one director had a scar on the back of his head when some cop on a horse cracked it open with a truncheon. He was arrested for loitering and woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed. That experience might have excluded him from service with the FBI, but otherwise would have no impact. Twenty years from now, will some bullshit arrest like that impact an 18 year old at a Trump protest? Probably.
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- HighPlainsDrftr 9y agoHe didn't hurt anyone. He caused some harm to a corporation possibly. This deserves some punishment. It shouldn't follow him around for his entire life though - unless he keeps causing harm.