Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago
by jlgreco on Monday January 14, 2013 @07:35PM
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> [1] I'm also not implying you hold contrary public and private positions. Your advocacy of a more government / corporate friendly position goes well beyond devil's advocacy.
Yeah, I don't think his default pro-establishment slant is any sort of strategic business move. One would think that if he held different views privately he would just abstain from talking about those potentially politically troubling topics.
For better or worse, I think he says what he thinks, and means it. I am inclined to file that under "positive attributes".
(I am one of those "really irked" HN commentators.)
Yeah, I don't think his default pro-establishment slant is any sort of strategic business move. One would think that if he held different views privately he would just abstain from talking about those potentially politically troubling topics.
For better or worse, I think he says what he thinks, and means it. I am inclined to file that under "positive attributes".
(I am one of those "really irked" HN commentators.)