[tdavis]

I have since apologize for this stupid comment here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=371638

I didn't reply here because I doubt the down-vote wave has crested.

[swombat]

You shouldn't have apologised. Shame on you for giving in to the righteous hordes, from a moral standpoint. From a business standpoint, it may have seemed the only practical action, but in my mind you compromised your personal integrity by apologising to these people, and I'm sorry that you did.

[tdavis]

I believe in the end it was something that deserved an apology, but doing so certainly did compromise my personal integrity. I guess compromising it one time won't kill me.

[nihilocrat]

I don't see any problems with dark humor, much worse is said around my office. No one could possibly be serious when saying that sort of stuff.