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Do you have to be successful in order to be allowed an opinion?


If your opinion is as boneheaded as the parent's, then yes.

Edit: This was uncalled for, and I apologize.

What I mean to say is that anybody who builds things of value for a living quickly develops a more nuanced sense of morality than the parent displays. I do think that, when talking of the moral character of great people, the experience of having gone through the struggle yourself is rich with perspective. The fact that the parent deems Mark "clearly immoral" because Mark changed the parent's Facebook UI is absolutely the most revolting type of perspective in my eyes.


You've just lost any credibility by saying this.


You're right. Thanks.

People like the parent bring out the worst in me -- people who judge others without lifting a finger. I'm not sure what I was trying to accomplish with the name-calling, though.


Thanks for the rational reply.

For ref, I don't do nothing - I do a lot of charitable work which benefits people directly (children with neurological problems). No stock, no schemes (other than gift aid). I won't go into the amount in detail but per year for the last year it's been larger than zuck's donation aggregated per Facebook staff member

I'm entitled to judge a person by their own standards - in public, in front of people, which is how zuck wants us to live our social life.




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