rocketmaster1

I think this was revoked a year ago after a major outcry.

Still doesn't excuse them though.

That period only seems peaceful because the French had just been massively humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War [1] in 1870 and the powder keg had just been reset. The people of France were itching to go to war with Prussia/Germany to reclaim Alsace and Lorraine. Which created a massive arms race till WW1. Also, while Japan isn't in Europe, the Russo-Japanese war did happen in 1904 in that period resulting in a major loss of trust in the Russian monarchy and the subsequent 1905 Russian Revolution. The Europeans were still sending troops to aid in the subjugation of Africa (Boer wars, Anglo-Zulu wars etc) even then.

However, I do agree with you that people then thought that world peace was achieved. The 1910 book "The Great Illusion" [2] ironically argued European war was unlikely to start due to the great economic costs of destroying trade between nations. It got the consequences right at least.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion

Maybe they're talking about his support for Prop 8 in 2014 which resulted in him leaving Mozilla. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Appointment_to_CE...

> ok, I mean no harm to humanity, but, um, Sorry to gate keep but then you're not lawful evil. A lawful evil character is completely okay with harming people (through legal means of course) as long as it benefits them.

There's a great Reply All episode on this: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/49hr6k (#74 Making Friends)

A similar discussion around Alexa for landlords 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24450360