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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by Twirrim on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:02PM (#12146743)
It's completely their prerogative to do so.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by unethical_ban on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:26PM (#12146894)
And as usual, that doesn't make it right.

  - x is doing something bad
  - x is allowed to do that
  - that doesn't make it right

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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by wpietri on Friday July 22, 2016 @09:08PM (#12147867)
Agreed. This patterns makes me crazy.

If I say, "This use of power is immoral," I read the response of "but they have that power" one of two ways: Obvious tautology, and therefore useless. Or contradiction of my claim of immorality, which basically is an assertion that might makes right.

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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by happyslobro on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:15PM (#12146833)
It is harmful for any stakeholders but the target to tolerate this behaviour. Outing the coverup on HN is entirely appropriate, imo.
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