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> whatever Eich does in his time is irrelevant Of course it isn't. If he was backdooring JS crypto libraries for the NSA, or shooting orphans, or selling crac
by Blahah 13y ago
> whatever Eich does in his time is irrelevant
Of course it isn't.
If he was backdooring JS crypto libraries for the NSA, or shooting orphans, or selling crack, that would be seriously inappropriate behaviour and he would lose his job for it.
Many people might consider it inappropriate to be fighting against gay marriage - it's not just a political issue, it's a moral one.
- yeukhon 13y agoMany people might consider it inappropriate to be fighting against gay marriage - it's not just a political issue, it's a moral one. Yet, we are forcing everyone to take a stand on this "moral" issue.
- Blahah 13y agoHow is everyone being forced to take a stand? People who don't care don't have to do anything.
- yeukhon 13y agoHere is how I interpret it. If today Brendan says he will pick No Opinion to "Should Bills of Rights be included in the Constitution of the United States", then should he be held accountable for his decision? He can either support Bills of Rights, against Bills of Rights, or he can do nothing about it, in which case is pretty much in the same camp as the opposition. The only difference is he chose to not care and yet he will probably be judged for not helping human rights. And human rights, to many is a worthwhile ethic cause. Not an individual morality debate; just as gay advocates would think gay rights is a basic right of human. If Brendan chose to say "I have no opinion" he is neither against nor supporting gay rights but his decision will disappoint the gay advocates in which case the advocates will not be happy with Mozilla. Therefore, everyone has to take a stand even if it were "I don't have any opinion."
- npizzolato 13y agoNo one is being forced to take a stand. Eich chose to take his own stand by donating $1000 in support of Prop 8. It is completely fair to judge him for that action.
- transitionality 13y agoBackdooring his employer's code would be directly related to his work, and illegal actions on his own time would make him unemployable if caught and convicted, because he'd go to prison. False equivalances, all.
- Blahah 13y agoOK, if you need to picky, something more comparable. Imagine he said: "black people are inferior to white people and don't deserve to be happy".
- transitionality 13y agoIt's certainly illegal to fire someone over that opinion, yes.
- Blahah 13y agoIt depends entirely on his contract - I'd expect most CEOs to have a clause about their conduct causing harm to the organisation. Even if not, it's legal to convince someone to leave, which is what usually happens in public embarrassment cases.
- transitionality 13y agoIt's illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their political stance. Nothing you can say will ever change that.
- alexqgb 13y agoIf that were true, no congressperson could ever staff an office. Or a campaign.
- transitionality 13y agoIf a Republican wanted to work for a Democrat, and if he were denied employment for that reason alone, that would be illegal, yes.
- vsviridov 13y agoWell, Mayor Rob Ford allegedly indulges in substances, but as long as he does a good job of being a mayor and running his city well - who cares? If it prevents him from doing his job - get him sacked. If not - who cares? Should public officials who touch themselves in private be dismissed from their positions because masturbation was considered sinful and immoral? Where does it end with all the righteous and morally superior people?