enditall727 said: @ thread title
That's what they all say..
User was banned for this, and this post. yo_john117 |
Pardon me, but how is this a bannable comment?
He's correct: people throughout history have justified their evil, malicious, and stupid things under the guise of "oh, well, we never meant to do any harm..." when it's pretty clear that, even if that were true, it's a feeble defense for their actions. This is the source of the aphorism "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" only I don't think anyone believes--for a minute--that MS had good intentions, at least as defined from the consmer's point-of-view, just like the story of Lucifer, where his motivation was to set himself up as god and to hell with everyone else.
(In this analogy, the consumer is god and the loyal angels, and Lucifer is MS' management and shareholders.)
Would you, perhaps, prefer "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"? Would that be acceptable? And if so, why is that OK but his is not?