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You know, the world does not consists of two opposing positions, like republicans or democrats. There could actually be other positions than those two you point
by fetbaffe 12y ago
You know, the world does not consists of two opposing positions, like republicans or democrats. There could actually be other positions than those two you pointed out. One for example that this is Hacker News and not Huffington Post.
Your comment about "support him by using his software" is just silly.
Lots of creators in this world have had less than flattering opinions in different topics, but does not take away what they produced.
I can still enjoy Wagner regardless of his views on the jews. I don't have to reformat all my ReiserFS based hard drives after Reiser murdered his wife. And The Pianist by Roman Polanski is an absolute masterpiece, even though Polanski raped that poor girl.
So I evaluate SRC based on merits, not the creators.
- icebraining 12y agoIn general, I agree. The question is whether you're helping promote the "bad parts" by promoting the good ones. I mean, why are we reading and discussing ERS's views on Catholic priests if not because many people like his software? I don't think it's fair to dismiss it as silly.
- fetbaffe 12y agoBut by your definition you are already promoting other peoples opinions by using their stuff. It is unavoidable. The only difference is that you don't care about those opinions because either you don't know about them or you don't think it is important. But they still exist.