> Citation?

You should probably delete that part. It is moronic to ask for a citation of an opinion. Your point is otherwise interesting.

First, don't be immature.

Second, "that is not what people admire in him" is not an opinion. It's a statement of fact. Fortunately, the internet is effectively a giant paper trail, so whether or not that statement is true, finding evidence of people's opinions should be a no-brainer -- especially if you consider certain high-profile bloggers to be representative of the general zeitgeist.

Quit yer passive-agressive downvoting and talk to me, you cowards. ;)

To admire someone for where they are and not how they got there* is something that troubles me and what makes me want to think the person is either 1) useless and to be ignored or 2) unethical and to be avoided, like I said.

*Or worse yet, to admire someone for where they are knowing that they got there through unethical means, which is the case with SJ.

Plenty of people around here admire Bill Gates for his charity work, despite the fact that he also has blood on his hands. At what point do a person's accomplishments supersede their sins? For some people, creating a company like Apple is enough.

Personally, I try to avoid black-and-white assessments of people, even if I vehemently disagree with them. I used to be an all-out Windows guy, but I started reading Apple bloggers because they had some of the most insightful and intelligent commentary on the state of the computer industry, product design, and programming. If you choose to ignore them just because they might have praise for someone you hate, you're only hurting yourself.