<story><title>James Damore and three others end Google suit</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-09/ex-google-engineer-who-became-right-wing-hero-quietly-ends-suit</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>StephenAmar</author><text>Always assume that what you say could be on the front page of the New York Times.</text></item><item><author>pjc50</author><text>.. so you&amp;#x27;d destroy their life instead?</text></item><item><author>sacks2k</author><text>He never released anything to the public.  Someone who didn&amp;#x27;t like his political views leaked it to Twitter and the press.&lt;p&gt;If I were him, I would have personally sued the person that leaked the content and continued the fight until they had no money left.  They really need to be taught a lesson that it&amp;#x27;s not okay to do something like this with the intention of destroying a person&amp;#x27;s life.</text></item><item><author>mabbo</author><text>Damore committed the ultimate sin in the corporate world- he caused a huge PR mess. Let&amp;#x27;s set aside the content of his memo (I personally don&amp;#x27;t agree with what he said) and just appreciate that he made a mess.&lt;p&gt;As has been said before, if your CEO learns your name for the same reason he has to end his vacation early, you probably should start polishing up your resume.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>banads</author><text>And also assume anything you say can&amp;#x2F;will be purposefully taken out of context and twisted in order to create rage click bait to satisfy someone&amp;#x27;s ideological crusade, or to generate revenue for a dying industry which is incentivized to cater to the lowest common denominator just to survive.</text></comment>
<story><title>James Damore and three others end Google suit</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-09/ex-google-engineer-who-became-right-wing-hero-quietly-ends-suit</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>StephenAmar</author><text>Always assume that what you say could be on the front page of the New York Times.</text></item><item><author>pjc50</author><text>.. so you&amp;#x27;d destroy their life instead?</text></item><item><author>sacks2k</author><text>He never released anything to the public.  Someone who didn&amp;#x27;t like his political views leaked it to Twitter and the press.&lt;p&gt;If I were him, I would have personally sued the person that leaked the content and continued the fight until they had no money left.  They really need to be taught a lesson that it&amp;#x27;s not okay to do something like this with the intention of destroying a person&amp;#x27;s life.</text></item><item><author>mabbo</author><text>Damore committed the ultimate sin in the corporate world- he caused a huge PR mess. Let&amp;#x27;s set aside the content of his memo (I personally don&amp;#x27;t agree with what he said) and just appreciate that he made a mess.&lt;p&gt;As has been said before, if your CEO learns your name for the same reason he has to end his vacation early, you probably should start polishing up your resume.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>humanrebar</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll point out that this aphorism concedes that certain categories of interesting discussion are not possible, and it&amp;#x27;s a little neutral about that prospect for my taste.&lt;p&gt;It also concedes that &amp;quot;The New York Times&amp;quot; cannot be trusted to value that kind of discourse more than gotcha narrative chasing.</text></comment>