steve jobs resigns from Apple

[MadduckUK]

melodramatic im afraid people dont become immune to critisim because of illness.

anyway, i cant see him slinking off into the night, this wont be the last we hear of Jobs.

[Splash]

melodramatic im afraid people dont become immune to critisim because of illness.

anyway, i cant see him slinking off into the night, this wont be the last we hear of Jobs.

I'm not suggesting that he becomes immune to criticism, merely that suggesting he deserves whatever illness he may have because he's been a relatively successful businessman (and again, I'm not a fan of him or the company particularly) is more the kind of thing I'd expect to see on 4chan or whatever it is the kids play on these days than the relatively mature stuff I've come to expect on Hexus.

*shrug* I guess I just walk away from this and hope none of your ever get a lifechanging illness. After all; you wouldn't want my sympathy, would you?

[kopite]

melodramatic im afraid people dont become immune to critisim because of illness.

anyway, i cant see him slinking off into the night, this wont be the last we hear of Jobs.

You are forgetting the jade goody effect.

Before she died everyone thought she was utter scum and a racist. After her death a large part of the population thought she was a brave person.

[peterb]

You are forgetting the jade goody effect.

Before she died everyone a large proportion of the Sun reading population thought she was utter scum and a racist. After her death a large part of the Sun reading population thought she was a brave person.

I'll just correct that for you...

[MadduckUK]

I'm not suggesting that he becomes immune to criticism, merely that suggesting he deserves whatever illness he may have because he's been a relatively successful businessman (and again, I'm not a fan of him or the company particularly) is more the kind of thing I'd expect to see on 4chan or whatever it is the kids play on these days than the relatively mature stuff I've come to expect on Hexus.

nobody said that, you are misinterpreting purposefully in order to be offended. which is odd, but not unknown, i beleive they call it the "straw man"

[TheAnimus]

And I read that as someone suggesting that he deserves the illness. It's just not necessary, regardless of your feeling about the company.

I'm in no way saying that.

Just lets have some perspective here, there are much better people who die every day due to cancer. Those people are just as, if not more important to many people as Jobs is.

I also attempted to quantify that with the much used, 1 in 3 stat.

[billythewiz]

I've a question for those of you that may or may not be wishing illness and/or sympathy upon Jobs ....

What would you like him to die of ? I presume you don't want him to live for ever, so what's it going to be ?

It sounds to me that as first world billionaires go he's had a pretty rough deal with his health. Not just cancer but a liver transplant and probably other issues. But sorry folks, life can be like that. Not everyone gets everything their own way all the time. Just because he's rich and famous doesn't mean he deserves a better hand than you, me, or say my mother in law (breast cancer, aged 56, saw 1 of her 8 grandchildren) or my mother (lung cancer, aged 66, saw 2 of her 4 grandchildren).

[Bunjiweb]

What would you like him to die of ?

I'd like to see him crushed under a container-load of Android phones, or alternatively, a load of Windows Vista discs..... Oh the irony!

[spoon_]

I'd like to see him crushed under a container-load of Android phones

Nah matey, cheap plastic cannot kill anyone, surely?

[Splash]

I'm in no way saying that.

Just lets have some perspective here, there are much better people who die every day due to cancer. Those people are just as, if not more important to many people as Jobs is.

I also attempted to quantify that with the much used, 1 in 3 stat.

I said I'd bow out, and I apologise for going back on my word.

My point is that Mr Jobs is no less important than anyone else, and the way I read your post (which I was *not* wilfully misinterpreting, thanks very much. You must at least acknowledge that a fair amount of your posts seem to be designed to offend, one can hardly grumble if one that wasn't intended to do so has that effect. And I know you're not Madduck either, but addressing his post at the same time) seemed to suggest to me that Steve Jobs should be low on the list for sympathy. I'd argue that he's as deserving as your Gran, the old man down the street, the kid in the Horn of Africa etc etc. No more deserving, nor any less.


And on that note I promise I'll leave this thread alone.

[Bunjiweb]

Nah matey, cheap plastic cannot kill anyone, surely?

At least they wouldn't smash in to a thousand glass chards when you drop them!