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You would love it because you know it in practice doesn't do anything. Human nature dictates this. If they actually acted on their critiques you wouldn't be fri

You would love it because you know it in practice doesn't do anything. Human nature dictates this. If they actually acted on their critiques you wouldn't be friends for long. We all do this to varying degrees in our personal and professional lives. Which is fundamentally why he gave the "he's my friend" answer. He disagrees with what's being done, but he himself won't do anything to negate what his friend is doing.

mindgam3 7y ago
Okay, but human nature goes both ways. There’s all the messed up stuff, and also occasional bouts of doing the right thing, sometimes with a little help from your friends. I believe the parent commenter is speaking to our “higher nature” for lack of a better term. It’s a bit cynical to assume that this doesn’t exist, and possibly a tad inappropriate to assume that the commenter shares your cynicism and is coming from the same place.
- kadendogthing 7y ago
  >and possibly a tad inappropriate to assume that the commenter shares your cynicism and is coming from the same place. Your ascribed motivations to my outlook on this matter are not appreciated. It is plenty sufficient to look at his actions and statement together. He plainly told you in no uncertain terms that he's not going to do anything about it, when asked about what he is doing, because he is Mark's friend. This is pretty standard human behavior, and it's why we have a whole host of laws and ethics regulations attempting to correct for it in both private and public organizations. That's not cynical, that's looking at known human behaviors and being practical about it. Try to avoid shaming platitudes in what otherwise was a pretty vanilla rehash on what the guy directly said.
  - mindgam3 7y ago
    I don't think you understand my comment. If you are cynical about McNamee, I am in full agreement. But that's not what you appeared to be critiquing in your original comment. > You would love it because you know it in practice doesn't do anything. Seems fair to assume that this is in response to the parent comment "I would love if my harshest critic was my friend."
    - kadendogthing 7y ago
      > Human nature dictates this. > This is pretty standard human behavior, and it's why we have a whole host of laws and ethics regulations attempting to correct for it in both private and public organizations. That's not cynical, that's looking at known human behaviors and being practical about it.

mindgam3 7y ago

Okay, but human nature goes both ways. There’s all the messed up stuff, and also occasional bouts of doing the right thing, sometimes with a little help from your friends. I believe the parent commenter is speaking to our “higher nature” for lack of a better term. It’s a bit cynical to assume that this doesn’t exist, and possibly a tad inappropriate to assume that the commenter shares your cynicism and is coming from the same place.

kadendogthing 7y ago
>and possibly a tad inappropriate to assume that the commenter shares your cynicism and is coming from the same place. Your ascribed motivations to my outlook on this matter are not appreciated. It is plenty sufficient to look at his actions and statement together. He plainly told you in no uncertain terms that he's not going to do anything about it, when asked about what he is doing, because he is Mark's friend. This is pretty standard human behavior, and it's why we have a whole host of laws and ethics regulations attempting to correct for it in both private and public organizations. That's not cynical, that's looking at known human behaviors and being practical about it. Try to avoid shaming platitudes in what otherwise was a pretty vanilla rehash on what the guy directly said.
- mindgam3 7y ago
  I don't think you understand my comment. If you are cynical about McNamee, I am in full agreement. But that's not what you appeared to be critiquing in your original comment. > You would love it because you know it in practice doesn't do anything. Seems fair to assume that this is in response to the parent comment "I would love if my harshest critic was my friend."
  - kadendogthing 7y ago
    > Human nature dictates this. > This is pretty standard human behavior, and it's why we have a whole host of laws and ethics regulations attempting to correct for it in both private and public organizations. That's not cynical, that's looking at known human behaviors and being practical about it.