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If I understand your comment, you are saying that what people do in their private life does not matter unless it is important enough (e.g. being the Boston stra
by jean_tta 7y ago
If I understand your comment, you are saying that what people do in their private life does not matter unless it is important enough (e.g. being the Boston strangler): this is tautological (what is important in the legacy of someone if the important things they did, their work and/or their private life if their private life is important).
You are just saying that hundreds of such "incidents" is simply not important enough to be remembered. But murder would be according to you. Where do you draw the line?
- Gibbon1 7y agoI'll drop right in here to say the in their private life argument doesn't fly here. Because the complaints aren't about his private relationships, they're about public and professional behavior. Frankly the callousness of people like Asimov bothers me. You're left with two possibilities. Either they simply don't care that they are making the other person uncomfortable, angry or scared. Or worse that they're getting off on that.