Pmarca donates US$28 million to Stanford's hospital

Re:Pmarca donates US$28 million to Stanford's hospital by pg on Friday November 09, 2007 @09:34PM (#78056)

(a) Stanford is a research hospital, and the work they do in research hospitals improves healthcare everywhere.

(b) This doesn't preclude him from making other donations.

(c) Even if it were an unwise choice (which I don't believe), it was still a generous thing to do. No one deserves to be called names for giving away $28 million.

This seems to me the meanest (in both senses) comment I've seen on News.YC to date. Ending it with an ass-covering "Just my 2c" just makes it seem that much more contemptible.

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Re:Pmarca donates US$28 million to Stanford's hospital by aswanson on Saturday November 10, 2007 @11:15AM (#78149)

Although poorly articulated, I don't think his intention was to come across mean-spirited. I think he meant this money could have more positive impact by doing y instead of x. At the end of the day, since the money was earned through honest work instead of tax revenue, none of us have a say in how he chooses to use it, as many people here have already stated.

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Re:Pmarca donates US$28 million to Stanford's hospital by downer on Friday November 09, 2007 @10:37PM (#78062)

So, how does that affect someone's chances for funding...

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