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It would have been nice if he also addressed that issue in this message instead of a staff meeting. I mean, like, there is literally a world watching (geographi
by Argorak 13y ago
It would have been nice if he also addressed that issue in this message instead of a staff meeting. I mean, like, there is literally a world watching (geographically, not necessarily when it comes to population).
- mbrubeck 13y agoWe (the staff) asked for a public statement of some sort, and he seemed open to that.
- Argorak 13y agoThere is a difference between a statement someone got asked for or an immediate statement (even a short one like: "I acknowledge that some people in the developer community have issues with this decision because of my donation to prop8, an issue I will address soon"). The current state of things shows that he didn't feel like this needs to be addressed by himself.
- swalling 13y agoThat would be welcome to hear, as a Mozilla user and someone who wants to trust the org to stand for inclusive, humanist values in Internet technology.
- hkphooey 13y agoWow, so every CEO should be be asked to state their position on social issues? What are staff going to do if they don't like the answers? Quit? Strike?
- Argorak 13y agoMozilla is a non-profit that takes moral stances. So their CEO has to embody those values as well.
- jowiar 13y agoAs a policy, no. But when they've taken a public position that implies they consider some employees to be less equal than others, yes. Anything should of "I was wrong" implies he is not fit to lead a diverse organization.
- chc 13y agoHe hasn't taken a public position. He's pretty consistently refused to speak publicly about politics at all. The only reason we know his private position is because somebody found his name in a list of private donors to a ballot initiative six years ago.
- jowiar 13y agoHe was too chicken to open his own mouth. Instead, he paid others $1000 to get the state of California to call my friends f----ts for him. That's enough of a public position for me.
- hkphooey 13y agoYou are making a mountain out of a mole-hill. Grow up.
- jcfiala 13y agoWell, if donating money is political speech that's covered by the first amendment, then he shouldn't be surprised if his money talks.
- ronaldx 13y agoI am curious to know if you (the staff) were satisfied by the public statement put out?