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Sean Parker's Wedding Defense
- jbooth 13y agoKudos to the author for giving him a chance to respond and airing his response fairly.
- twoodfin 13y agoI wonder if that hn poster who thought Parker was lucky we don't have the death penalty for his horrific crime against nature will be around to post on this thread.
- epochwolf 13y agoWe can't let this end without someone getting the noose. I nominate the hack journalist/blogger making the accusations in the first place. Failing that, we can hang the guy that asked for the death penalty. A little poetic justice would go a long way to making online discussions civil again. :)
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoHow about, from now on, nobody ever gets the death penalty and we stop wishing for people to die? I’d like that.
- epochwolf 13y agoNo, no, dear sir. The people must have their entertainment. Thank you kindly for volunteering to be the third candidate in our contest. ;)
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoThe Hunger Games, bah humbug.
- epochwolf 13y agoI was thinking a bit more Roman Empire but yeah, that works. Bah humbug indeed. :)
- MartinCron 13y agoIt's pretty transparently the same thing.
- shawkinaw 13y agoYeah, kudos for trashing the guy without checking his facts first, good job.
- Shivetya 13y agoIt would not be the first case where a environment related government agency went overboard when the end result for the area was better than what the same agency had been ignoring for years or simply did not know about. Read more than one wetlands issue where this occurred.
- _pius 13y agoIs asking the subject of an article for comment before ripping them to shreds just a lost art at this point?
- marcloney 13y agoWelcome to the wild west, where we blog first and confirm later.
- Alex3917 13y agoIn this case you could tell the original article was BS so it's kind of irrelevant. The only 'evidence' against him was a list of permits he hadn't applied for, there was no mention of anything that was actually damaged. (Except for the picture of the tree that supposedly 'looked unhappy' or whatever for being in the middle of a rock wall.)
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- gmu3 13y agoBecause he is a philanthropist.
- mcphilip 13y agoThe report [1] the original article was based on listed accusations which don't make the incident sound nearly as trivial (i.e. BS) as you are claiming: >Within the existing privately run public campground, unpermitted development including, but not limited to: grading; construction of multiple structures including a gateway and arch, an artificial pond, a stone bridge, multiple event platforms with elevated floors, rock walls, artificially created “ruins” of cottage and castle walls, multiple rock stairways, and a dance floor; and installation of over 125 potted trees, potted plants, event tents, port-a- potties, generators, lighting, and wedding facilities for guests. [2] That being said, I agree that Sean Parker's defense should have been pursued before the original article was published. [1][PDF link] http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2013/6/F5.1-s-6-2013.pdf http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2013/6/F5.1-s-6-2013... [2] Violation Description #1 from above report.
- pessimizer 13y agoThis is an excellent defense. Having a $4.5 million dollar wedding may be jerky, but better he spend the money than hoard it; unemployment is high. Sounds like a badly maintained and forgotten site is going to end up improved due to a billionaire's urge to create a magical fairy garden for a day. Hope this gets upvoted enough to salvage people's views on this incident.
- yid 13y ago> Having a $4.5 million dollar wedding may be jerky How is that any of anyone's business but his?
- fianchetto 13y ago> How is that any of anyone's business but his? He used public land. He made it public.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoIt was private land, according to this article.
- twoodfin 13y agoAnd I bet his guests drove on public roads to get there. Some of them may have even have had public educations! Taking advantage of government services available to everyone does not preclude one from expecting the usual degree of privacy and respect we accord to our fellow citizens.
- mindcrime 13y agoI think it was actually private land, which was simply made accessible to the public under certain conditions. Parker's position is that the campground was temporarily closed anyway, and that his wedding did not deny anybody access who would otherwise have had it.
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- thehme 13y agoThe author quoted the CCC's report and at first this seems enough. Why would anyone be upset that someone else, specially someone "known" to love the redwoods be upset that he/she spent so much money "fixing" the place for all of us? Idk, this all just seems like drama now.
- wwweston 13y agoWe are reading/talking about Sean Parker's wedding in the tech press and discussion forums. I guess we can admit we're a fashion industry now.
- themstheones 13y agoWhat do you mean by "a fashion industry?"
- beachstartup 13y agoone that's dominated by fads and gossip larry ellison has an interesting take on this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FacYAI6DY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FacYAI6DY0
- themstheones 13y agoI don't respect Larry Ellison. Sorry.
- grecy 13y agoAfter living many years without a TV or cell phone, and in a part of the world with almost no advertising, I personally believe every industry is a fashion industry.
- Livven 13y agoThis is not about a person's wedding. This is about (what initially seemed like) a crime (?) that person committed.
- pkfrank 13y agoActually, most of this discussion has centered on the tech press' reporting, not the specifics of the wedding itself.
- dragonwriter 13y agoMore accurately, we can admit we are a large community, and that like most large communities, intra-community fads, gossip, and celebrities are a frequent subject of conversation within the community.
- jack_trades 13y agoWish he spent more time on meaningful work instead of retorting inflammatory web postings. He could have done two things in far shorter time. 1) Debunked the original article 2) Used the space to evangelize to others (while echoing the original article's author's views). Too many words for HN over any private wedding. If I wanted ceremony, I'd be writing STL.
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- bjhoops1 13y agoFunny how most things that make you mad are less outrageous when you hear both sides of the story.
- rogerthis 13y agoIs that my [hacking] business?
- jacoblyles 13y agoCan we have Erlang day again?
- mindcrime 13y agoSure, start submitting and upvoting Erlang posts. I just submitted three, they're near the top of /newest now...