<story><title>RadiumOne CEO escapes felony charges</title><url>http://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/item/36623-radiumone-ceo-escapes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downandout</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a little ironic that Brendan Eich had to step down over a $1,000 donation to a political cause nearly a decade ago, but the Valley so far has no problem with &amp;quot;G&amp;quot; hitting a woman 117 times in 30 minutes on video (after which he tried to smother her with a pillow).  If he indeed suffers no significant professional fallout from what he did - and as of this moment there are no signs that he will - then the Valley is truly a disturbing place with priorities that are completely out of sync with the rest of humanity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>swombat</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not ironic, it&amp;#x27;s infuriating...&lt;p&gt;But the best way I&amp;#x27;ve heard it explained is that everyone knows and cares about Mozilla and Github, and no one knows RadiumOne.&lt;p&gt;I tweeted John Gruber suggesting he might link to this, and he (rightly, I guess) pointed out that he had no idea who this guy is. And that will be most people&amp;#x27;s reaction, I guess.</text></comment>
<story><title>RadiumOne CEO escapes felony charges</title><url>http://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/item/36623-radiumone-ceo-escapes/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downandout</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a little ironic that Brendan Eich had to step down over a $1,000 donation to a political cause nearly a decade ago, but the Valley so far has no problem with &amp;quot;G&amp;quot; hitting a woman 117 times in 30 minutes on video (after which he tried to smother her with a pillow).  If he indeed suffers no significant professional fallout from what he did - and as of this moment there are no signs that he will - then the Valley is truly a disturbing place with priorities that are completely out of sync with the rest of humanity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lholden</author><text>I think what he did is absolutely disgusting and am rather upset that he isn&amp;#x27;t going to be rotting in jail. But honestly I&amp;#x27;ve also never heard of him or his company until this article. On the other hand, I have known of and have had a vested interested in Mozilla for as long as it has existed.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m guessing most folks are in the same situation as myself.&lt;p&gt;His company is private. The most anyone can do is to not do business with him. I think it&amp;#x27;s absolutely fucked up that he isn&amp;#x27;t going to prison... but what do you expect people to do? I doubt anyone is going to defend his actions. I don&amp;#x27;t see how your comparison with Mozilla makes any sense.</text></comment>