alt Hacker NewsWas it confirmed that eric hard jams was actually him?
How strange it is that we so easily forgive bad behavior from people we love.
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It's not in vogue these days, but rather than forgiving, we can compartmentalise and rationalise.
Being a bad person in one domain doesn't mean that someone can't generate value in another.
It hasn't been confirmed 100% but I remember reading a post by James McCartney (author of SuperCollider) himself, going something like "Shut the fuck up, Richard!". Since they both knew each other personally, I assume that JMC thought that "eric hard jams" was indeed Richard James.
It’s strange but common. I love the music of Miles Davis and consider him a genius. I also give him a pretty poor review in terms of his behavior as a human being.
People are complex.
I mean, I haven't even seen any of the messages. Just a one sentence accusation and no proof that it was actually him. Jumping to the decision that there's anything to forgive would be weird based on this.
Even if it was true, who cares? I like the guy's music, it's had a strong influence on me at various times in my life. But I have never had a strong opinion of whether I like him, and I still don't. Why would I?
He (presumably) trolled a mailing list for a short period of time in the early 2000s. If that's the worst thing he's done, there's not much to forgive.
If you look in the right places, you'll find some meetup photos that essentially confirm it.
>Was it confirmed that eric hard jams was actually him?
Nope. By then RDJ (the actual person) was of course known for using anagrams so it would be an obvious thing to do for any troll.
>How strange it is that we so easily forgive bad behavior from people we love.
That's part of what loving someone means. It's easy to love someone convenient who never does anything to bother or hurt you.
Besides, he was trolling. It's not like it's a big deal. If you were on a mailing list or usenet group or forum in the 80s and 90s everybody did that, and few if any had an issue with it, we could take it!
We not only forgive but tolerate 100000x worse stuff everyday that directly fucks our lives that we could prioritize not tolerating.