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Re:Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction by jshevek on Friday June 10, 2016 @01:23PM (#11878009)
Regarding people losing their jobs - that is a result of the terrible judgement and values of the leadership of Gawker. They are not being 'punished' for anything. Do you think that the people at Ford were 'punished' when the leadership of Ford made bad decisions that cost people their jobs?

"emotional comfort of a billionaire"

That is very dismissive. Are people worth less to you when they have more money?

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Re:Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction by qq66 on Friday June 10, 2016 @01:38PM (#11878223)
> Do you think that the people at Ford were 'punished' when the leadership of Ford made bad decisions that cost people their jobs?

Yes

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Re:Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction by jshevek on Friday June 10, 2016 @01:53PM (#11878371)
How can you justify that position? There are consequences to our choices, but they don't always follow a moral principle. If I have two job offers and choose the company that ends up going bankrupt, I'm not being punished. If I'm a farmer and plant according to weather predictions which prove false, losing crops and revenue, that might be bad luck or bad judgement, but its not punishment.
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