Posted on 10/26/2011 4:51:10 PM PDT by Starman417
I didn’t particularly like Jobs, but it is much easier to fawn over him or tear him to shreds .... after he is dead. Both the guy hawking the autobiography and this writer are probably not to be believed.
But, he contributed more wealth, and he distribution of it, than most people who ever gave to charity.
More people were helped through his work and his company than the number of people that Bill Gates might’ve helped through his charitable work. But, Gates also contributed through his work and his company, and that’s a lot more valuable than the charitable work.
Capitalism is the best form of charity. A man that creates jobs, instead of giveaway schemes, is a lot more valuable to society than one who just gives away his fortune.
Too few, it seems.
Does it matter? He’s dead and gone. Let him rest in peace.
So if I win the lotto tonight... you will feel free to judge me based on how much I give to charity?
LOL!
What if I used my money to start a company that provided a job to someone who invented a new form of energy or cured cancer?
What if I use my money to buy things from other companies, instead?
Will it ever occur to you that how I, or anyone else, spends money is none of your business?
Whatever.
The writer started out slamming a dead man and then grew a conscious in the last 1/3 of the article.
I shared the article with another friend who knew Jobs better than me and his take away was the same as mine.
The author is still and A-hole and didn’t Shiite about Steve.
And yeah, I call Woz and Steve by their respective names, as that is how we all knew them and distinguished them.
Well, we all know he didn’t take his money with him and it didn’t evaporate when he died. Someone will get it and they can choose to do with it what they will. One way or the other it will circulate through the economy.
No, he did not. He set out to "bury Caesar, not to praise him". He did a fine job, only the knee-jerkers misunderstood.
I shared the article with another friend who knew Jobs better than me and his take away was the same as mine.
Similarly, a person with little clue.
The author is still and A-hole and didn’t Shiite about Steve.
You really did miss the whole point of the article....
And yeah, I call Woz and Steve by their respective names, as that is how we all knew them and distinguished them.
Hey, guess what, that's what I called them too. As I grew up, these two men were my heroes. I may not have known them, but at least articles like this don't go over my head, and at least I dont jump on public forums and trash people before I know whats going on. Your post #28 was borderline, and seemed to attack the Freeper who posted it. Not nice, especially when you are wrong.
I didn’t attack the poster. I attacked the author who only grew a conscience very late into the article.
The author lines his article with a title implying overtly Steve was a selfish SOB and spends two paragraphs on the subject of legacy and draws a comparison of legacy and intent with says Steve was tight with philanthropy.
He even calls Steve out for watching all the misery in the world and not lifting a finger.
He has zero idea what Steve did and I barely have any idea as well, except that he helped my charities at various times.
He begins his transmogrification by calling out the cleansing of consciousness for Carnegie and Gates.
It is only then he tells the tale of accomplishments from Lisa, which doesn’t mention but, does begin with Apple II and all the way through Ipad.
It is only now, at this point in the article, he begins his lame legacy epithet of who much Steve changed the world.
This, after painting him as a charitable misery? Puhlease.
“Selfish son of a bitch? Don’t know. Doesn’t matter. A model for prosperity and improving the human condition… now that’s a legacy worth leaving.”
Seriously? After the preface?
Give me a break.
I met the man and found him helpful if not generous.
This article is stupid and so is the author.
And I dont care how well you knew Steve, you didn't "get" the article. Your loss really, because you got all worked up over nothing.
And I still think it’s a stupid article.
I very rarely light into another poster and is pretty clear when I do.
I’m fine with we just disagree on this.
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