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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by Qi_ on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:03AM (#28300050)
So by your logic we should remember people like George Washington as essentially evil. How is that fair? One’s achievements and flaws must be considered inside their historical context, not our modern viewpoint.
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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by bigbillheck on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:19AM (#28300144)
> inside their historical context

Even among just the founders, slavery wasn't an institution universally accepted even in Washington's day.

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Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire by user-the-name on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:32AM (#28302175)
Yes. Yes, we should.

Yes.

Then man kept other humans as slaves. That is evil. There is no question about this. People in his own time thought this was evil. He did it anyway. He was evil.

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