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You can celebrate someone's accomplishments without condoning their sins. I applaud lots of little pieces of his life and reject/regret many others.

• cabaalis 5y ago
  I agree with you, but I'm pretty sure the age of social media has us in the minority.
  • doopy1 5y ago
    I agree with you guys... but this dude's accomplishments are few and purely self-serving.
• aeturnum 5y ago
  I feel like there are some obvious problems with celebrating successes without making room for what the person did to achieve that success. As an example: it would be odd to celebrate Amazon's financial success without mentioning their labor practices. Agree or disagree with them, they are part of how Amazon is able to make money. If people are more than the worst thing they have ever done, then they are also more than the best thing they ever did. Talking about either in isolation is deceptive.
• yashap 5y ago
  I agree to a certain extent, but ... if the allegations are true, he murdered his neighbour, raped at least 1 woman, hired a small private army, and was possibly running drugs. For me, that dominates my picture of him, building an anti-virus company seems like a small detail in comparison. We’ll never know for sure which of the allegations are true, but from what I’ve read/watched, my personal opinion is most seem pretty credible. If they are, I’d find it in poor taste to celebrate much about the man, given how much pain and suffering he’s likely caused.
  • 3np 5y ago
    > possibly running drugs Didn’t he have a pretty detailed site on “how to smuggle drugs through Central America and get away with it”? I’m pretty sure that was him. Can’t seem to find the site rn though.
  • watwut 5y ago
    > hired a small private army That one is the most verifiable. He in fact seemed to be proud of that fact.
• ineedasername 5y ago
  If he truly is a fraudster, then you cannot really trust is accomplishments as being his own.
• davidcbc 5y ago
  Making terrible anti-virus software doesn't make up for murder and rape