Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
by thumbtackthief on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:54AM
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I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying. When he was asked if he would donate more money to these causes, a savvy person would have thought to himself, "You know, I've already said how I feel about the issue at hand. However, clearly my donations are causing some very bad press for the company I'm supposed to lead, so it would be unwise as a leader to repeat that action however I personally feel," and honestly answered, "No, I'm not going to donate to those causes anymore despite whatever my personal viewpoints are." No lies.
Of course, it all depends what we mean by lie. In my experience this tends to vary from person to person.
Personally, I do tend to lie of omission* much more willingly than not of omission, though I am not really convinced that it is any more moral.