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Opinion about someone throwing money out of the window works both ways: the more you dislike how one guy caused others to fight over paper, the more you should
by oleganza 13y ago
Opinion about someone throwing money out of the window works both ways: the more you dislike how one guy caused others to fight over paper, the more you should dislike fighters for what they do.
Unlike ancient times when a king throwing money around would be the same person who robs his citizens, Durov did not steal from anyone. Everyone who was fighting for money are responsible for their free choice. Durov is responsible only for throwing paper bills out of the window. Anyone who was harmed during that voluntary gathering, was harmed by greedy dudes, not by pieces of paper.
PS. Imagine if Durov set up a charity organization that gave away money to people based on some criteria. This would have some competition among people. Some of them will attempt to eliminate competition by defaming them, or blackmailing, or brutally fighting. Would Durov be responsible for all this fight around "free" money, or would actual fighters be responsible?
- huhtenberg 13y agoYeah, sure, big words. The bottom line is that he enjoyed seeing people fight over his money. I have no empathy for the guy, he's an asshole.
- oleganza 13y agoI guess people fighting for money were enjoying that too. Why don't you call them assholes? Were they from a different moral category? In fact, Durov wasn't hurting anyone, others did. And he stopped immediately when people got violent. If anything, Durov only exposed greedy violent assholes for everyone to take a note. It may count as a service to the public. And many people around were not even trying to get into this, proving that no one was forced to participate. But you prefer to not look at that fact.