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Always amusing when a bunch of lawyers over-react to something, supposedly on their client's behalf, and then when the client finds out about it, they have to talk the lawyers out of it and tell them to chill. I've always wondered if lawyers are born without a sense of humor or if they lose it during one of the semesters of law school.

You appear to have misunderstood what happened. It was her management team that thought it was in bad taste. They then got the lawyers to draft a letter. The lawyers weren't acting "supposedly on their clients behalf", they were doing exactly what their clients asked them to do - which is their job. In this case, it was the management team that was acting "supposedly on their clients behalf" and who needed to chill out.

> She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals.

I like the strip that shows a scientist who has invented an animal translator learning that what dogs are really saying is "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

> In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania,[115] he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.

That last sentence is missing from the Wikipedia page. What is the source on it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side#Jane_Goodall_cart...

It's mentioned here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasakela_chimpanzee_community

Jesus! Frodo sounds like a bastard.

> Frodo's aggression was not limited to colobus monkeys and other chimpanzees. In May 2002, he killed a 14-month-old human child that the niece of a member of the research team had carried into his territory.[61] As a result, the Tanzanian National Parks Department considered killing Frodo.[61] In 1988, he attacked visiting Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson, leaving him bruised and scratched.[61] Frodo had a history of attacking the researchers observing him; Goodall was attacked by Frodo on multiple occasions and, in 1989, the ape beat her head so violently her neck was nearly broken.[61]

Frodo also impregnated his own mother

https://blog.michael-lawrence-wilson.com/2014/01/19/frodo-30...

How did they not put him down after he killed an infant? That's crazy

They were going to, but ultimately he was just exhibiting natural behavior and unfortunately the person broke the rules - only 12+ year olds were supposed to enter the park

Those with organs for judgement are found as liabilities when said judgement structure is faulty and they can be responsible for damage.

Those which are structurally whimsical - well, if you had to deal them as liabilities, then you would have to do it preemptively (it may not be that it's Chimpy that is so brutal - they just can be brutal).

On the Jane Goodall page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall#Gary_Larson_carto...

> In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania,[115] he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.

This just made the whole story so much funnier. I'm really glad to have read it. Poor guy, but hilarious to read about.

I mean, Goodall liked the cartoon but that doesn't mean everyone likes it!

And that, to all you aspiring entrepreneurs, is how you deal with shit. Please don't take your cues from our current industry and political "leaders".

Tech (and business, and politics) tends to attract a lot of people who are convinced they already know everything and who could probably benefit from a little more confidence and perspective.

That combination makes for a lot of thin-skinned bullshit. I could name names, but you all know the people I am talking about.

Everyone's fighting for Jane Goodall but Jane Goodall apparently

Why do you say that? I'm not sure how that follows.

It's a joke about both Frodo the Chimp and the Jane Goodall institute were defending her more enthusiastically than necessary

Yes, it's the typical behaviour of "those who saw the Master" (which they may have forgotten "came to see the sick") - a pretty well known tendency in humanoids.

Re-watch "Life of Brian".