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[Responding critically because this comment was posted critically.] I had to re-read the Catholic comment before I found you weren't being intentionally offensi
by tiles 16y ago
[Responding critically because this comment was posted critically.] I had to re-read the Catholic comment before I found you weren't being intentionally offensive. The analogy would have been better stated if it were a Catholic priest doing an AMA. Asking a Catholic would be like asking an IE user why a Microsoft employee was arrested for embezzling, why Microsoft doesn't support Open Source, or why they arbitrarily refuse to make their browser more cross-platform. An IE user is justified in dodging the question since they don't really control those things, they just use the product.
- lenni 16y agoYou said it better than I did. A Catholic priest, who has credible authority talking in detail, would have been better. If you go in front of a crowd who is outraged by the actions of the organisation you're representing, do expect difficult questions.
- saulhoward 16y agoIt's interesting that you see the relationship between a Catholic and his/her church as analogous to that between a corporation and their "users". While believers in 'ethical consumption' would say that the moral principles of producers certainly should be a concern for consumers, not everybody agrees. But when choosing a religious creed, the behaviour of the founders and keepers of the faith is surely of paramount importance. Can you really say that issues of child abuse are not interesting to Catholic followers, because they "just use the product"?