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Unlike actual witch hunts - which were notoriously short on evidence - this episode has an actual smoking gun. Or more precisely, a smoking checkbook.
by alexqgb 13y ago
Unlike actual witch hunts - which were notoriously short on evidence - this episode has an actual smoking gun. Or more precisely, a smoking checkbook.
- chris_wot 13y agoAre you saying that Brendan Eich's personal views are that of Mozilla's as an organisation?
- alexqgb 13y agoNo you nitwit, I was talking about the absurdity of calling the campaign against him a with hunt. But now that you mention it, the organization - in overlooking this particular view - sent a clear signal that it takes the issue a good deal less seriously that a significant number of its stakeholders. That's starting to look like a major mistake.
- chris_wot 13y ago"Nitwit". I guess Hacker News discourse devolves in a slightly more civilised fashion. To really show me I'm wrong, or have asked a particularly stupid question, next time consider stronger language.