[Wikimedia-l] compromise?

[Leslie Carr]

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:50 PM, cyrano <cyrano.fawkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 02/01/2013 18:42, Oliver Keyes a écrit :
>>
>> On 2 January 2013 19:25, cyrano <cyrano.fawkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>   You're comparing your standard of living with extreme ways of life,
>>>> and
>>>
>>> you reach the conclusion that yours is moderate. However, if you compare
>>> with the rest of mankind, you're still getting things that 99% of them
>>> don't get.
>>>
>>> I think that's probably true, but the fact of the matter is that Leslie
>>> is
>>
>> not saying "here is an extremity, I get less" - she's saying "here is an
>> extremity that is Standard Operating Procedure at
>> Facebook/Google/Twitter//insertyourorgofchoice, where almost any of us
>> could get a job...I get less". In the context of a conversation comparing
>> WMF benefits with those of similar orgs in the Bay Area that makes total
>> sense as a statement. I would agree that it is better than 99 percent of
>> humanity, but I'm not sure who *dis*agrees with that statement: you appear
>> to be arguing against a position that hasn't been made.
>>
>
> I'm proud of people like Leslie who work for less money than other
> opportunities but for a cause. They stand for their beliefs and their
> values, I strongly respect that.
> Yet the money of the donations, which is given for a universal cause, is
> paying an incredibly tiny subset of humanity with very expensive standards
> of life. I think that's something pertinent to consider given the topic.
>

I think you missed my point.  I was saying that we don't need those
things and it would be irresponsible of us to try to keep up with the
average Tech company, as James Salsman had suggested.

Leslie

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