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My thought is slightly different. When you're a lawyer representing someone that does illegal things (ongoing, not in the past) sometimes the only thing you can
by killingtime74 5y ago
My thought is slightly different. When you're a lawyer representing someone that does illegal things (ongoing, not in the past) sometimes the only thing you can ethically do is quit. You can't reveal what is illegal due to privilege.
Similarly here, they may not be able to reveal whatever is going wrong due to anti disparagement clause or threats of defamation. literally the only thing you can do is quit, which is what they did, which sends a very strong signal to outsiders.
- Someone 5y agoThis _may_ also be similar to a lawyer who stops representing someone who the lawyer thinks does immoral things, with the two parties disagreeing about that. Without knowing details, I can’t judge who’s (more) right here. That strong signal _can_ be misused, and sometimes is misused. “You’re evil, but I’m not allowed to tell the world why” is something you can’t defend yourself against.
- killingtime74 5y agoIt's true except Rust core team can defend themselves by being transparent or allowing moderators to speak. These aren't national security secrets. In the lawyer case you almost always believe the quitting lawyer, they are just doing their job, it must be pretty bad for them to need to quit.