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Medical Health Disclosure vs. Steve Jobs' Privacy
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is saying that Steve Jobs doesn't have cancer, but that he needs to disclose all the information about his medical condition so investors can decide. Gizmodo's strong rebuttal says that everyone has the right to keep medical records confidential. They argue that, if prominent US presidents legally kept their grave illnesses secret — even while the security of the country was at stake — a simple CEO should be able to do the same: 'Steve Jobs has the right to keep his medical records private for as long as he wants. Like FDR. Like JFK. Like any single person in this country and the world. It's our right, as humans, to do so.'"
No surprise. It's the Business section of a newspaper. All the writers are brainwashed into the cult of "maximize returns for the shareholders." Nothing else is allowed to matter.
Have you ever read the New York Times??? They're socialists.
This is not a return-maximizing cult. This is actually the anti-business cult of " From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." And Jobs is not contributing as they think he should, therefore they attack him.
Forgot to click "Post Anonymously" did you? I guess your GNAA identity has been exposed. Time to give up this terrible karma UID, don't you think?
He's a smart man, but he does not do this all by himself.
Though he'd like you to believe he does.