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Forgiveness falls upon members of the public who read the story, not the press. I have no problem with this past being reported, especially given that he now ru
by save_ferris 6y ago
Forgiveness falls upon members of the public who read the story, not the press. I have no problem with this past being reported, especially given that he now runs what sounds like a large surveillance company. Being a successful CEO carries extra scrutiny that he might not have to deal with if he took a path with a lower profile.
- koheripbal 6y agoI don't think random people in the public deserve an apology. The people he hurt do. Since when does the general social media community deserve to be apologized to. People are getting an emotional power rush by forcing apologies from people who never transgressed against them. This is poisonous behavior.
- save_ferris 6y agoI think you misunderstand me, I’m not suggesting that the general social media community deserves to be apologized to. The comment I replied to questioned whether publishing stories like this ruining people is right given the subject’s success and the public’s propensity to judge, which I didn’t agree with. It’s not the responsibility of the press to filter stories on compassionate or moral grounds, and there was nothing wrong IMO around its release. I don’t believe that the public deserves an apology here, just as I don’t believe that journalists should refrain from publishing legitimate accounts of this kind of behavior, no matter how old.
- rvp-x 6y agoShooting up a symbolic religious building is an indiscriminate hate crime. He intended to hurt more than just the specific individuals that were in the building at the time, he meant to make an entire community of people with a similar background afraid.
- romwell 6y ago>I don't think random people in the public deserve an apology. They do, because he claims to serve the public by fulfulling government surveillance contracts.