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burgerbrain on Oct 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs

Why should it hurt anybodies feelings to point out that Steve Jobs wasn't all fairy dust and benevolence? This need to whitewash people when they die is truly bizarre.

2muchcoffeeman on Oct 7, 2011 [–]

We're not trying to whitewash it. It's just empathy. Would it have been so bad to wait a week or 2 after the funeral?

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