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by wright 6633 days ago
> I was a diligent Oriental in high school and college.

Orientals are objects. Asians are people.

> Frankly, smoking, drugs, alcohol--and using an IBM PC--are signs of stupidity. End of discussion.

Probably the majority of creative people in the history of the world have used drugs of some type. In fact, that's how we got some of our finest literature and works of art.

IBM PC? Is he still stuck in the 80s?

> There absolutely are absolute rights and wrongs.

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." -- Anatole France

Guy was just a PR flack for Apple which happened to net him a lot of face time and even magazine covers. He doesn't "Think Different", he just got a marketing job and talked up his employer. Fini.