Ask HN: Is it appropriate for a Facebook Director to pursue vendettas?

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Is it appropriate behaviour for a large public company director like Peter Thiel to pursue vendettas over a long period of time?

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It should not be seen as Peter Thiel, director of Public Company X and founder of Y, but as Peter Thiel, private individual.

I really can't understand the way Americans want to punish companies for the actions of the individuals working for them, or the way Americans absolutely have to associate an individual's actions to that individual's participation or employment in a company - this goes against employment laws in any country other than America.

I know right! This ranges from this to someone losing their job because of a joke they said to a friend[0].

0.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681

Honestly, the chatter among VCs on Twitter that I see is that Facebook is going to ask Peter Thiel to step down any day now. FB doesn't want to hurt its relationship with publishers.

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