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Comment by darkrabbi | Hacker News Reader

Apparently this guy had a brain tumor and this wasn't the first time he's publicly embarrassed the company. He tweeted from the RapGenius account "WARREN BUFFETT CAN SUCK MY DICK".

http://www.fastcompany.com/3021564/most-creative-people/how-...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/02/22/rap_genius_wa...

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The brain tumor was removed...and the public behavior was unchanged.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/rap-genius-frontman-blames-brain...

Sad but the brain tumour could still be the reason for his behaviour.

We don't know nearly enough about the brain to argue that the removal must restore the previous personality.

Behavior like that is not acceptable for someone in a position of authority at a company no matter what the context. (It's not clear what Moghadam's specific role at Rap Genius was, but he did have a seat on the board of directors)

It's the same reason that we shouldn't let blind people fly commercial airliners. Flying requires vision. Running a company requires good judgement.

>Behavior like that is not acceptable for someone in a position of authority at a company no matter what the context.

Says who? It's not like the company is Disney. For some companies such antics are par for the course (e.g a gangsta rap record company).

Things that are "par for the course" aren't necessarily acceptable, as we all know.

Well, you have to define it then.

"Unaccetable" for running a company with profit, or "unaccptable" for your moral code? Because the former sure ain't the case.

Lots of people are douchebags without having brain tumours.

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