I've been very active in the assorted GoDaddy brouhaha diaries, posting alternate registrar/hosting advice as well as creating one or two of my own diaries regarding the impact (or lack thereof) on GoDaddy's business from all of this.
This morning, Bob Parsons posted a "non-apology apology" of sorts, retracting some of the more bloodthirsty language, agreeing that the prisoners should at least be given proper trials, and stating that he's changed his mind about the use of "mild physical discomfort" techniques on prisoners--not because it's morally wrong, mind you, but because he now has come to understand that this is generally pretty ineffective as an interrogation technique.
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If this had been the extent of his follow-up, I would still have to give him a major thumbs-down, since a) he still misrepresents Durbin's comments; b) he still didn't grasp the legal, moral, or ethical problems with torture; c) he still didn't grasp the fact that numerous prisoners were given FAR more than "mild physical discomfort" (including, and up to, being beaten to death); d) he still doesn't grasp that even if it WAS limited to "mild physical discomfort", these techniques are still against the Geneva Convention; e) many of the prisoners haven't turned out to have done ANYTHING wrong, or minor offenses at worst; and so forth.
In addition, there's always the strong possibility that, while he was speaking completely from the heart the first time, he is speaking purely from the pocketbook in his follow-up.
HOWEVER, after going through some more of his responses to various comments today, it appears that he MAY actually be starting to grasp some of these other concepts as well.
He now states, either in the follow-up entry or his subsequent comments, that:
--he does NOT advocate torture
--he now realizes that the techniques used at Gitmo do qualify as torture
--the prisoners should be given proper trials, and released if found not guilty
--his personal political donations go to both parties
--GoDaddy as a company does NOT give ANY political donations
and most notably,
--he will stick to business/internet-related topic in future company-linked blog postings.
Since I was one of those most active in the movement to transfer business away from GoDaddy yesterday, I thought it only fair to make note of the (seeming) extent of Parsons (seeming) change of heart.
I'm not saying whether anyone should still change registrars or not; that's up to each individual. I just thought the latest developments in this mini-drama deserved an update.
If he's genuinely realized the error of his ways (at least partly), bravo to him; if he's just hashing it out to protect his pocketbook, never mind.