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The question is, exactly which behaviours would you suggest we not engage in? Should we not use our right of freedom of speech to criticise others? Should we no
by vertex-four 13y ago
The question is, exactly which behaviours would you suggest we not engage in? Should we not use our right of freedom of speech to criticise others? Should we not use our right of freedom of association to choose not to associate with people and organisations which do not support our moral beliefs, and what we see to be our human rights?
The only thing I can think of is that Mozilla are to blame for firing him, except that Mozilla has a (limited) freedom to choose their employees. As far as I can tell, even in the UK, where we have rather far-reaching employment discrimination law, companies have the right to fire people for political actions, although not for pure philosophical beliefs[0] or being a member of a political party. I could be wrong there, however.
So the question is, exactly who acted in the wrong and exactly how, in a way which does not lead to a slippery slope?
[0] http://www.pureemploymentlaw.co.uk/2011/05/19/what-is-a-philosophical-belief/ http://www.pureemploymentlaw.co.uk/2011/05/19/what-is-a-phil...