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0 pointsSauciestGNU7y ago0 comments

Surprised Sam Altman would sign on. Doesn't Saudi Arabia execute non-heterosexual people?

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andrepd7y ago· 4 in thread

Surprised that a rich person contradicted his stated "beliefs" when time came to make himself a stack? Don't be.

awakeasleep7y ago

Sam makes himself available to discuss issues publicly, and seems to have a functioning sense of morality.

Do you have any knowledge to contradict this picture? Surely billionaires are as individual as anyone else.

I agree this sounds like a contradiction, and I'm curious to hear Sam's reply. Let's not pre-judge him.

staticautomatic7y ago

You mean like the knowledge that he works with Saudis?

andrepd7y ago

I will await for that explanation. I believe however you are very naive.

mercer7y ago

I agree. I'm inclined to think there's very little excuse to 'get in bed' with the Saudis in the first place, but at the very least we should wait for a statement.

throw345839457y ago· 3 in thread

Isn't being jewish (like most of YC) an even bigger issue to the saudis?

stevenjohns7y ago

No. Neither is being Israeli. The two find lots of mutual ground in their opposition to Iranian and Muslim Brotherhood (Turkey, Qatar) strength/control.

acjohnson557y ago

Maybe 30+ years ago. Not these days.

throw345839457y ago

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_re..., Saudia Arabia forbids aircraft traveling to Israel from overflying Saudi airspace. Doesn't seem very friendly to me.

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subliminalpanda7y ago· 2 in thread

LGBT rights in Saudi Arabia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia

blattimwind7y ago

KSA is not exactly under the rule of law.

int_19h7y ago

I believe it technically is, in a sense that Sharia (which is the supreme law) is supposed to be applicable even to the royal family. But I doubt that's how it works in practice.

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3131s7y ago

Not surprising, just another rich asshole.

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