On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:54:13PM -0700, Jason McVetta wrote:
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Y G <ygwald@brandeis.edu> wrote:
The actual issue with the whole Brendan Eich thing was that it was basically just LGBT people being played off of Firefox for money.
That sorry scene struck me as more of a public stoning. A reminder to all who were watching, that a life's work contributing to the good of humanity (i.e. Free Software) means nothing. Toe the official line on culture issues, or you will be ruthlessly eliminated.
Trying to CC Brendan. Brendan, we are discussing you and the thread starts at [-1] I don't think it means "nothing" for the simple reason his life is not over. He well might DO something much more important, while not being employed by a whore corporation. [-1] https://cpunks.org//pipermail/cypherpunks/2015-March/007036.html -- georgi