Apology from the guy who made the dongle comment near Adria Richards, The comments are well worth a read
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681Posted Mar 22, 2013, 1:13 AM UTC
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He didn't need to apologize for something he said in private conversation. What he said wasn't even remotely scandalous except to a mean spirited woman who had no business policing the developers' conversation in the first place, much less take their picture and slander them publicly.
I'm pretty sure he apologized because he feared for his reputation and future employment prospects.
So much "male privilege" that he has to apologize for something that wasn't even wrong.
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Agreed. I posted this because the comments were saying more or less exactly that.
Not sure what his motivation was for apologising, maybe he genuinely thought he'd done wrong, but imho he had no reason to.
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Well it would suck if he were actually apologetic too. He has nothing to apologize for.
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Maybe, maybe not. He seemed sincere (he wasn't exactly grovelling either). I mostly thought the response was interesting.
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By apologizing, he is giving her obnoxious behavior a false air of legitimacy. Shame on him.
Agreed, I mostly posted the link for the comments. I don't think he really has anything to apologise for.