Re: Support for Hy from on-high

[Jed Rothwell]

I wrote:

If, as claimed, he consorts with unethical people those are perfectly 
reasonable grounds to doubt his ethics.

That is to say, if BLP has a director who is also part of another company 
which is known to engage in undisputed, egregiously unethical behavior, 
that makes BLP unethical. I am assuming they are aware of the unethical 
behavior.

Companies like Data General were famous for engaging in what some people 
called borderline unethical behavior, but others considered driving a hard 
deal and taking advantage of competitors' weaknesses. It did not seem 
unethical to me, although it made me a little wary of dealing with the 
company. But if Data General founder Ed DeCastro wanted to invest in a cold 
fusion venture with me, I would welcome him!

Mike Carrell's defense: "The markets for EDS hardly overlap with those of 
BLP" seems irrelevant to me. I know nothing about EDS, but if I became 
aware that a business associate of mine was in any way associated with a 
company such as Enron, I would immediately sever the relationship. There 
are millions of ethical, aboveboard people in the world to choose from. 
There is no need to associate with slimy people, unless you owe them a 
favor, or they have "made you an offer you cannot refuse." ("The Godfather")

- Jed