Paddy Cosgrave said his "personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend."

Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave steps down in wake of controversy over his Israel comments::Paddy Cosgrave said his “personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend.”

  • stifle867@programming.devEnglish
    1115·
    11 months ago

    For context what he said was:

    war crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are

    Apparently condemning war crimes is enough to lose your job these days.

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      361·
      11 months ago

      How dare he point out that Israel is carrying out war crimes.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        11 months ago

        I, for one, do not want to live in the kind of dystopian wasteland where we allow our allies to be called out for their war crimes…

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      53·
      11 months ago

      Even though he’s right, this is why you should have an anonymous account. Just focus on your business with your real account and stay out of trouble.

    • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1044·
      11 months ago

      yeah but right now a lot of people yelling war crimes and want Israel condemned for them before they even declared as warcrimes…

      just look at the hospital incident and how quick everybody was with hate, insults and condemnation after the Hamas reported about it.

      not every collateral damage is a war crime, although it’s always a tragedy. But please also don’t forget that storing military equipment near hospitals or using civilian facilities as place of operation for military activities could (!) also be a war crime itself.