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This is a case where words used are inflammatory on purpose to paint a damning picture of someone. The context in which that phrase is used is much much more ne
by soheil 4y ago
This is a case where words used are inflammatory on purpose to paint a damning picture of someone. The context in which that phrase is used is much much more nefarious than shunning the SEC over some dumb tweet or hiring a legal firm, which someone on HN doesn't approve of because they don't like one of their lawyers.
Please look up the context in which the phrase "criminal behavior" is typically applied.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoFraud is criminal behavior. Whether your agree what Musk did is fraud is immaterial; the charges were clear, as was his $40M settlement.
- soheil 4y agoHN is not a court room that's why I'm having a hard time understanding why language like that is becoming more and more common place here. Maybe it has something to do with many prominent startup CEOs being lawyers, Cloudflare CEO comes to mind. Can we keep HN spirit the same? The same spirit that values geeks, rewards going against the grain and celebrates individuals not based on how society judges them, but on how intrinsically interesting and beneficial their work is to humanity.