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Obviously Rice won't change much about Dropbox policy and practices either way. I don't think that's really the problem here. The problem here is what kind of
by bowlofpetunias 13y ago
Obviously Rice won't change much about Dropbox policy and practices either way. I don't think that's really the problem here.
The problem here is what kind of ethics, common sense, or both we can expect from a company who puts somebody on their board who as far as the majority of the population of this planet is concerned should be standing trial for crimes against humanity.
- mpyne 13y ago> who as far as the majority of the population of this planet is concerned should be standing trial for crimes against humanity. What did she in particular do that would meet that bill, besides agree to serve in the Bush Administration? Can we at least wait a couple of weeks between witchhunts in the tech industry?
- jqm 13y agoDidn't Bush himself say "just following orders isn't an excuse"?
- mpyne 13y agoRight. Exactly! That's why I want to know what she did other than fill a post.
- jqm 13y agoyou can see the post right above yours then. or do a two second google check.
- mpyne 13y agoSo she signed off on torture? Or is being a "prominent" member of anything now a crime?
- jqm 13y agoExcuse me? A prominent member of "Anything"? A regime that invaded another country under false pretenses resulting in the death of of at least 100,000 thousand is just "Anything"? That's just "small potato political differences" to you?
- mpyne 13y agoWhen the Allies charged prominent Nazis with war crimes, it was because of their specific involvement in such crimes, not just because they had committed the heinous crime of "being an infamous Nazi".
- jqm 13y agoBeing a key member of an administration that engaged in torture, domestic surveillance and starting a war of aggression is pretty egregious. She wasn't just filling a seat. You can see her statements supporting torture for instance. And, most especially in the case of Rice/Dropbox the issue is support for warrentless surveillance. What Nazis were charged with is hardly relevant.
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoShe didn't just "serve" in the Bush administration as the f-ing Whitehouse receptionist. She was a prominent and powerful part of that administration, and as such participated actively in the WMD deception and the use of torture. If the US wasn't the most powerful nation on the planet she would be in a jail cell in The Hague right now. Completely ignoring what one may personally think of her, what kind of company would put someone like that on the board? (Also, do you really not get the irony of using the term "witch hunt" given the actions of the so-called "victims" here?)
- azth 13y agoThe real victims are already dead :(