On Monday, April 7, 2014 3:40:15 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > Everyone who will go into work tomorrow morning (with the possible exception > of David Flanagan) failed to uphold Mozilla's purported values. Where were > the personal stories about Brendan? Why weren't his personal contributions > extensively enumerated somewhere (most outlets simply described him as the > inventor of JavaScript, which obviously doesn't resonate with a wider > audience)? Where was the spirited defense?
This was my biggest disappointment as well. The best explanation I can come up with--other than simply being reluctant to get involved--is that the issue in question is very polarizing, and those at "the poles" of the issue find it difficult to separate the opinion from the person. As Justice Scalia wrote in his dissent in Windsor v. United States: "Few public controversies touch an institution so central to the lives of so many, and few inspire such attendant passion by good people on all sides. ... In the majority's telling, this story is black-and-white: Hate your neighbor or come along with us. The truth is more complicated. It is hard to admit that one's political opponents are not monsters, especially in a struggle like this one..." _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
