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protesting him as the CEO does not imply abandoning or destroying Mozilla Protesting Eich as CEO on grounds of his personal beliefs has very very strong reperc

by gcp 13y ago

protesting him as the CEO does not imply abandoning or destroying Mozilla Protesting Eich as CEO on grounds of his personal beliefs has very very strong repercussions for Mozilla as a community. and it's not really my career or your career It is my career. I'm not CEO and I haven't spoken out on gay marriage, but I have spoken out, personally, on any number of subjects. If Eich is forced to step down, I'd consider myself on strong notice that any personally made statement on any political or moral subject could be a serious limitation to my technical career, even if at the moment I make it it's the majority opinion. How downright insane is that? and all that hiding behind Indonesian people, what's up with that He's pointing out that there's Mozilla communities who see things very very differently from the USA-centric shitstorm that he's experiencing. Should we kick them out, or limit their careers, for being bigots?

bakhy 13y ago
re.1 - well, not as serious repercussions as implied in the comment above, that was my point. i'm sorry, but i cannot subscribe to the idea that i should either abandon Mozilla completely or never criticize it's choice of CEO. (no matter how many downvotes i will get on this site in the process...) that's what i wanted to say. of course, this could do damage to Mozilla's reputation, but that's not, by itself, grounds for dismissal of the discussion. the rest, however, are good arguments. re.2 - it is, you are right. but i think one issue remains - is his sponsorship of Prop 8 at odds with Mozilla ideals? that should matter when choosing Mozilla's CEO. re.3 - no. i think it would just be nice if Eich would stand behind his opinion, instead of dragging both Mozilla's future and the whole country of Indonesia into this. none of those Indonesian contributors are CEOs of Mozilla, so their political views do not reflect on the company itself. if a known anti-LGBT Indonesian became CEO, then I don't know, we would probably see a similar reaction. and P.S. it is kinda racist to imply that all Indonesians are against gay marriage. his dragging that whole country into this is not cool.

by gcp 13y ago

bakhy 13y ago

re.1 - well, not as serious repercussions as implied in the comment above, that was my point. i'm sorry, but i cannot subscribe to the idea that i should either abandon Mozilla completely or never criticize it's choice of CEO. (no matter how many downvotes i will get on this site in the process...) that's what i wanted to say. of course, this could do damage to Mozilla's reputation, but that's not, by itself, grounds for dismissal of the discussion. the rest, however, are good arguments. re.2 - it is, you are right. but i think one issue remains - is his sponsorship of Prop 8 at odds with Mozilla ideals? that should matter when choosing Mozilla's CEO. re.3 - no. i think it would just be nice if Eich would stand behind his opinion, instead of dragging both Mozilla's future and the whole country of Indonesia into this. none of those Indonesian contributors are CEOs of Mozilla, so their political views do not reflect on the company itself. if a known anti-LGBT Indonesian became CEO, then I don't know, we would probably see a similar reaction. and P.S. it is kinda racist to imply that all Indonesians are against gay marriage. his dragging that whole country into this is not cool.