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I see you're one of those people where 'compromise' is a dirty word. The key is tolerance. Eich's views while distasteful and probably wrong could be tolerated
by s_dev 2y ago
I see you're one of those people where 'compromise' is a dirty word.
The key is tolerance. Eich's views while distasteful and probably wrong could be tolerated.
- wat10000 2y agoAnd why is it always on us to be tolerant, never people like Eich?
- hollerith 2y agoEich was being the more tolerant party: he wasn't trying to get anyone at Mozilla fired for their political beliefs (or their sexual preferences).
- wat10000 2y agoRight, he was just trying to enshrine lesser status in state law. He wanted a bunch of people at Mozilla to be officially lesser in the eyes of the state. But that’s ok, he didn’t try to fire them!
- s_dev 2y agoEich faced those consequences that you would have wanted -- so he wasn't tolerated -- and was forced to step down. Now we're faced with a Web were all Browsers come from large companies and people are wondering why his successors aren't up to the job. The world is made entirely of trade-offs. Your like that boss who doesn't get the Quality/Speed/Price triangle and says I want it all.
- wat10000 2y agoI’m talking about these comments. Why is blame put on the people who wanted Eich out, but not on Eich?
- immibis 2y agoThey can be tolerated if the alternative is worse. Having a good browser captained by a homophobe can be better than not having the browser. That doesn't mean the homophobia is good. At the time, no one thought that getting rid of the homophobe would mean there wouldn't be a browser at all. We (the world) got rid of the homophobe, because homophobes are rightfully quite bad, and we didn't think that would stop there from also being a browser.