Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai
by scarmig on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:10PM
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"Polite" does not mean decorating every single sentence you write with a pile of qualifiers.
It was a badly structured and badly argued document, and I disagree with most of its factual claims and its policy recommendations. But it in no way was impolite or in violation of Google's code of conduct, unless you think that having that viewpoint inherently makes you in violation and deserving of excommunication.
Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai
by morgtheborg on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:24PM
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> in no way was impolite
The reality is impolite is in the eye of the beholder (or culture). And in the Bay Area, that would be considered an impolite way of communicating considering the topic.
I'm not applying a value judgement here.
But "polite memo" is not how anyone I know would describe this.
Conclusions, particularly conclusions on sensitive subjects, baldly stated without a bunch of qualifiers don't tend to be considered polite.
Sucks, but there it is.