Only to a point. Any position of ethics that a person can "reason" themselves into is one they will "reason" themselves out of when they get angry/hungry/desperate/arrogant enough. And nobody ever martyred themselves for it.
It's the classic "genius in one specific area, moron everywhere else" syndrome.
Much like how Byuu created an incredibly accurate emulator but was a psycho tranny in real life, Linus' works and personal life need to be taken separately.
I'm an atheist and I'm extremely anti-leftist. It's very possible to have ethics without religion.
Only to a point. Any position of ethics that a person can "reason" themselves into is one they will "reason" themselves out of when they get angry/hungry/desperate/arrogant enough. And nobody ever martyred themselves for it.
It's the classic "genius in one specific area, moron everywhere else" syndrome.
Much like how Byuu created an incredibly accurate emulator but was a psycho tranny in real life, Linus' works and personal life need to be taken separately.