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Comment by jameskegel | Hacker News Reader

Am I the only one alarmed by how quickly this comment chain is escalating?

I hope so. This is the kind of thing where a swift and somewhat brutal response is necessary, I feel. I wouldn't necessarily go as far as digitally tar-and-feathering all the developers involved (I've made mistakes myself that were a result of thoughtlessness), but the people in charge should be sent a message that this is not acceptable, and quite frankly I think public shaming/blacklisting is entirely justified when it comes to them.

Yeah. But this is the thread where two proponents of "sending a message" are using the Nuremberg Trials as a case-study.

So people should quite obviously chill a bit. Even if the pitchfork-people in this thread only wish bad PR upon this company, thousands of people are reading these threads, and it only takes one slightly unstable personality to think he'll be a hero for the community if he publishes the CEO's honeymoon photos (or whatever).

Also, to keep this in perspective: they did nothing illegal. Changing the rules is a much better course of action than vigilant justice if you believe this to be wrong.

Is publishing honeymoon photos illegal? (I'm presuming nothing compromising.) If the photos were taken in a public place, then they are legal, and then therefore no harm done, right?

It depends of which country you are talking about.

I wouldn't make so much fuss for some changes that:

1.They have every right to make (it is open source and they have write access to the repo)

2.I have every right to either fork and reverse, or completely stop using.

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