Comment by jamesmiller5
13 years ago
Honesty and respect are not mutually exclusive.
You can give great, thoughtful feedback that accurately describes your feelings without being unprofessional or disrespectful.
13 years ago
Honesty and respect are not mutually exclusive.
You can give great, thoughtful feedback that accurately describes your feelings without being unprofessional or disrespectful.
Sure, and people should.
But saying that people don't have the right to do otherwise is a much stronger statement than what you just stated. In fact, people in general have the right to do many things which are immoral or even unethical, e.g. the Westboro Baptist protests at funerals.
> But saying that people don't have the right to do otherwise
I should have worded it differently - I didn't mean right as in legal definition of rights(which isn't applicable here anyway) Let's just rephrase it as someone asking for feedback doesn't mean you can walk over it.
As for what rights people have, HN is private property and what speech is acceptable and what is not is totally up to the owners.
I wish more people had a sense of humor online. A real one. As it is, sometimes I feel like all my comments have to be bland. You never know how someone will interpret something.