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This is not even close to good enough. I will continue to refuse to use Firefox out of general principle.
How about Iceweasel or GNU Icecat? It's free software, man. You have your anger focused on the wrong things.
This is not even close to good enough. I will continue to refuse to use Firefox out of general principle.
So what is good enough? That Eich resign over his personal opinions? That he abandon his personal ethics for business reasons? That he demonstrate his good faith by paying a modern-day indulgence to an advocacy group? Or is Eich now irredeemable?
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Interesting, thanks. I'm not in the US so my context is weak. My reaction would be to get rid of the provisions. In a free society, the government will have no role in the bedroom. Extending it into micromanaging relationships is a step in the wrong direction. The best code is the code we throw away.
The vast majority of rights that are bound to marriage in the us have nothing whatsoever to do with "the bedroom" but rather practical matters like visiting your chosen spouse in the hospital or not having your non-citizen spouse deported or receiving benefits if your spouse is killed while serving in the military. Another good example is the right to file taxes jointly which can have a huge impact on your joint inco…
Wait, wait, hold on. Folks, this man isn't a politician, he isn't a social crusader, he isn't using his position as a platform. At worst, he's rich. He hasn't taken the throne, or even government office; he's the CEO of a private corporation that makes web browsers of all things. Now, sure, he might be against gay marriage. And you might disagree, and have a variety of principles to back your position. But why do we…
I'm happy he said something. He didn't have to.
Unfortunately, he did have to. Eich holds an opinion that, while apparently shared with the majority of Californian voters (as per Prop 8 results), is deeply unpopular with segments of the technical population. These are some of the folks who will help promote and test Mozilla's future releases. They are part of Mozilla's customer base. He had to apologize, because these days holding a politically incorrect opinion i…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_and_responsibilities_of... > According to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are 1,138 statutory provisions[1] in which marital status is a factor in determining benefits, rights, and privileges. These rights were a key issue in the debate over federal recognition of same-sex marriage. For 2012 he proactively spent good money to ensure LGBT should not…
Prop 8 was in 2008, not 2012.
Nothing in the post indicates he's reversed his stance on prohibiting his gay employees from marrying.
Which companies have CEOs that have the power to prevent anyone from marrying?
If not, what is all this witchhunt about?
it is true that gay people were hurt, so they need to take extra care now that they do not start a new witchhunt.
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This sort of question, in fact the entire uproar, presumes that Brendan Eich is a hateful bigoted person with an agenda, or at least that he has some kind of dangerous impulse we should worry about. Do you think his stomach turns when he's around gay people? I don't believe it for a moment. If anything he probably just feels afraid that someone's going to attack him and accuse him of bigotry. Homophobia and oppositio…
>Homophobia and opposition to gay marriage are in my opinion completely different issues In the same way as Racism and support for Apartheid are completely orthogonal. Come on...
For instance, I do know many people who oppose gay marriage but are not homophobic.
Wait, wait, hold on. Folks, this man isn't a politician, he isn't a social crusader, he isn't using his position as a platform. At worst, he's rich. He hasn't taken the throne, or even government office; he's the CEO of a private corporation that makes web browsers of all things. Now, sure, he might be against gay marriage. And you might disagree, and have a variety of principles to back your position. But why do we…
Thus it's not a question of whether someone's sub-human but whether or not we, as a society, find those views acceptable. Pro-slavery or nakedly white supremacist views fall into a similar category. I believe anti-gay bigotry is drifting towards that axis. While those views are protected, that's orthogonal to whether they're subject to criticism.
Also, "tea party" or "pro-NSA" or "anti-NASA" are not really classes of people, considering they're elective categories.
Honestly I am not very sympathetic. Substitute any other form of prejudice and "I don't demand perfect agreement" starts to sound more and more like apologism for bigotry. I'm sure that's not your intention but the contours are similar.