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Aristotle defined virtue for us; he said it means living a balanced life, and striving for excellence in all things. He emphasized the little things speak volumes, and that virtue does not come naturally but requires constant practice and self-examination. Yet there are no easy answers on the path to virtue. So, much as I like to wax pious at a group of Mormons, I'm just going to raise some questions here. (Aristotle's advice was above all practical because as I've learned, partly from hard experience, bad karma is a bitch.)
Wither friendship? I'm wondering if this is the kind of thing friends do to friends. I have it from the horse's mouth that Waters has regarded you all as friends. I'm looking for some real guidance here; I've expressed my personal skepticism of the possibility of friendship unfettered by quid pro quo. I thought CG was an interesting experiment in that respect.
Treachery? Why the secrecy? I'm honestly surprised that Waters wasn't told this was in the offing before it happened. Secrecy necessarily connotes an element of deceit, it seems to me. It's a deceit that is sometimes propagated in the interest of virtue, and sometimes a practical necessity. On the other hand, it can be a marker for knowledge that an act will hurt. In any event, this seems more like the kind of thing Sun Microsystems does to Microsoft not that happens among real friends. The intent seems to be to gut CG. Cuff indeed.
Punishment fit the crime? Waters like all of us has his imperfections. But I wonder if his biggest sin at CG isn't the power of his controversial ideas. There's a tragicomic scene in "the Trial and Death of Socrates" where Socrates expresses bewilderment that he went place to place helping the educated and professional classes reexamine belief in things they had always taken for granted by teaching them to ask penetrating questions, and he lost all his friends.
Farrah's offense? What did Farrah do to offend you all? I know she was invested in CG and assume she is hurt. I found her to be possibly the classiest, most intelligent, and generous poster.
Wither the humor? My first supervising attorney, brilliant and Harvard educated, taught me an important lesson for coping with a hard and pitiless profession--lack of a sense of humor is an irredeemable quality. I wonder if the conspirators are taking themselves and this board business a tad too seriously. Ironically, I've heard this was done for 3D, but I think if he had been consulted he would have opposed it. If it was done for 3D, maybe Waters won. Eh, 3D?
Infringement? Mike CREATED something that was valuable to many people; that gave them pleasure. A web site somewhere gives CG a market value (I bet the stock price was way down at the bell yesterday). This board seems to have very much the look and feel of CG. There seems to be an effort to appropriate the goodwill that Mike created, that emanated from him. I'm not saying laws were broken. Maybe they were but that's not my point. I'm wondering what's virtuous or not here. The conspirators' statement that this is as well "Mike's board" is a telling admission, maybe.
Know thyself? In my opinion, CG's goodwill has emanated from Mike's intellect, creativity, and sense of humor, regardless of how upset some got with him. I wonder if this board can be as interesting a place as CG was with Mike. I kind of doubt it. Time will tell.
I'm just askng.
Wither friendship? I'm wondering if this is the kind of thing friends do to friends. I have it from the horse's mouth that Waters has regarded you all as friends. I'm looking for some real guidance here; I've expressed my personal skepticism of the possibility of friendship unfettered by quid pro quo. I thought CG was an interesting experiment in that respect.
Treachery? Why the secrecy? I'm honestly surprised that Waters wasn't told this was in the offing before it happened. Secrecy necessarily connotes an element of deceit, it seems to me. It's a deceit that is sometimes propagated in the interest of virtue, and sometimes a practical necessity. On the other hand, it can be a marker for knowledge that an act will hurt. In any event, this seems more like the kind of thing Sun Microsystems does to Microsoft not that happens among real friends. The intent seems to be to gut CG. Cuff indeed.
Punishment fit the crime? Waters like all of us has his imperfections. But I wonder if his biggest sin at CG isn't the power of his controversial ideas. There's a tragicomic scene in "the Trial and Death of Socrates" where Socrates expresses bewilderment that he went place to place helping the educated and professional classes reexamine belief in things they had always taken for granted by teaching them to ask penetrating questions, and he lost all his friends.
Farrah's offense? What did Farrah do to offend you all? I know she was invested in CG and assume she is hurt. I found her to be possibly the classiest, most intelligent, and generous poster.
Wither the humor? My first supervising attorney, brilliant and Harvard educated, taught me an important lesson for coping with a hard and pitiless profession--lack of a sense of humor is an irredeemable quality. I wonder if the conspirators are taking themselves and this board business a tad too seriously. Ironically, I've heard this was done for 3D, but I think if he had been consulted he would have opposed it. If it was done for 3D, maybe Waters won. Eh, 3D?
Infringement? Mike CREATED something that was valuable to many people; that gave them pleasure. A web site somewhere gives CG a market value (I bet the stock price was way down at the bell yesterday). This board seems to have very much the look and feel of CG. There seems to be an effort to appropriate the goodwill that Mike created, that emanated from him. I'm not saying laws were broken. Maybe they were but that's not my point. I'm wondering what's virtuous or not here. The conspirators' statement that this is as well "Mike's board" is a telling admission, maybe.
Know thyself? In my opinion, CG's goodwill has emanated from Mike's intellect, creativity, and sense of humor, regardless of how upset some got with him. I wonder if this board can be as interesting a place as CG was with Mike. I kind of doubt it. Time will tell.
I'm just askng.
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