Very well said! On Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:24:24 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > > > It's certainly fine, in a legal sense, for Mozilla leadership to make either > an ethical and/or business decision to remove a leader for expressing an idea > that is either contrary to Mozilla political values or a smart move to eddy > out of this negative publicity news cycle. > > > > However, as Mozilla surely knows, for every action there is a reaction. > Perhaps Mozilla will gain new customers, but they will also loose some. As a > former customer myself, I don't like this method of bringing employees to > heel for expressing their political ideas in the democratic process. It > appears abusive, reactionary and intolerant of true diversity of thought. The > right way to change a company or national culture is not to suppress contrary > ideas by taking away a person's job who speaks out, but to convince > traditionalists by education and compassion over time. > > > > The use of intimidation, force and raw power against "late adopters" of new > ideas, in the name of tolerance, is contrary to how a healthy community > should function. This sort of behavior is the number one factor that is now > slowing the progress of true equality. Being gracious in victory to those who > have been defeated is the noble way forward and I'm sorry that Mozilla > leadership did not discern this path.
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