[krn]

> Sorry, which bits are incredibly rude and grotesque?

I wouldn't say this is how I would like somebody to be remembered after his early death:

> Gerv’s faith did not have ambiguity at least none that I ever saw. Gerv was crisp. He had very precise views about marriage, sex, gender and related topics. He was adamant that his interpretation was correct, and that his interpretation should be encoded into law. These views made their way into the Mozilla environment. They have been traumatic and damaging, both to individuals and to Mozilla overall.

[cookie_monsta]

Well maybe not, it depends very much on your value system. Fundamentalists (not saying that Gerv was one, just using that as an example) don't see anything wrong with fundamentalism, or at least their version of it.

Up until the last sentence Gerv probably would have been nodding along happily. If he did butt heads with the wider Moz community over those issues, the last sentence would come as no surprise.

[mcantelon]

Characterizing someone as having a "traumatic and damaging" influence seems pretty positive.

[swfsql]

I personally have some reactions to her statement, but I never met any of them, so all I can do is to imagine. To me, this seems like a demonstration of honesty and sincerity.

> ..that his interpretation should be encoded into law.

Law is dangerous, as it ultimately falls back into the (justification of the) usage of lethal force upon those who defy it.

So I imagine that directicy and strictness was related to him, and so, then, I imagine that it is respectful to respond in a direct and strict way, which I suppose is what she did.

(but this is just a reaction based on imagination and my own personal experiences with other people, ofc)

[pbhjpbhj]

> imagine that it is respectful to respond in a direct and strict way //

Yes, to the person, in the same arena (maybe, consider that carefully).

LPT - don't scathingly attack an employee in an obituary after their recent early death. You can say you found then difficult to live with, etc., you don't have to try and crucify their mortal remains.