盟友永遠應該是對的-Paddy Cosgrave

 

 

2023對以色列對加薩走廊採取的報復行動貼文寫道：「即使是盟友犯下戰爭罪，那也是戰爭罪，應該不諱言地說出來。」隨後柯茲葛瑞夫在17日為自己的言論道歉。

命辛金用水火，食傷洩秀，優秀人才。大運2018-2027入七殺，犯小人。

2023癸卯年壬戌月甲辰日說對話，道歉下台。身弱，很難堅持一直對。但看起來對他個人沒啥重大傷害～戊申日（17日）道歉，真有趣，天干食傷都不見了～不想說了！

 

 

 

 

 

網路高峰會執行長評論以哈衝突惹議 請辭下台
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2023年10月22日 週日 下午2:22

網路高峰會（Web Summit）創辦人兼執行長柯茲葛瑞夫21日請辭，此前他對以哈衝突發表評論，促使一些科技公司和投資人取消參加下個月在葡萄牙的網路高峰會。
網路高峰會（Web Summit）創辦人兼執行長柯茲葛瑞夫21日請辭。（美聯社資料照）


網路高峰會是世界數一數二大的年度科技盛會，主辦單位發言人在電子郵件聲明中表示，公司將盡快任命新的執行長，並說2023年葡萄牙里斯本（Lisbon）網路高峰會將按計畫在11月13日至16日舉行。

路透社報導，柯茲葛瑞夫（Paddy Cosgrave）在聲明中說：「不幸的是，我的個人評論已經分散了大家對這次活動、我們的團隊、贊助商及新創公司和參與者的注意力。」他說：「在此對於我造成的任何傷害，再次誠摯道歉。」

根據彭博昨天報導，谷歌（Google）、臉書（Facebook）母公司Meta Platforms以及英特爾公司（Intel Corp）和西門子公司（Siemens AG）等數家科技大廠已決定不參加這場活動。

柯茲葛瑞夫本月13日在社群媒體X平台的貼文招致批評，內容提到巴勒斯坦武裝團體哈瑪斯（Hamas）7日突襲以色列後，以色列對加薩走廊採取的報復行動。貼文寫道：「即使是盟友犯下戰爭罪，那也是戰爭罪，應該不諱言地說出來。」隨後柯茲葛瑞夫在17日為自己的言論道歉。

41歲的柯茲葛瑞夫，2009年與David Kelly和Daire Hickey共同創立了「網路高峰會」（Web Summit），他仍然是公司的大股東。

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In March 2012, Cosgrave was appointed to the board of the Higher Education Authority.^[15] While still a member of the board in 2014, Cosgrave said that his company would recruit graduates with first class honours degrees from most universities, but with II.1 degrees from Trinity College Dublin, the grade which Cosgrave had achieved.^[7] The Higher Education Authority distanced itself from Cosgrave's comments. Cosgrave subsequently resigned from the board in 2015.^[16]

In 2015 Cosgrave was forced to apologise for falsely taking credit for building the Tito ticketing application.^[17]

In 2018 at the Collision tech conference in New Orleans, the IDA was sponsoring a drinks reception for chief executives of around 200 companies. According to former Web Summit director David Kelly, as a senior female IDA executive gave a short welcome speech, he alleged Paddy Cosgrave stood beside her “slow clapping”. ^[18] An email from the IDA described the alleged incident as ‘particularly regrettable’. ^[19]

The Web Summit has also been the subject of several controversies under Cosgrave's stewardship, including its move from Dublin to Lisbon,^[20] the organisation of a dinner at Portugal's National Pantheon,^[21] and the invitation of Marine Le Pen as a speaker, which was subsequently withdrawn.^{[22][23][24][25]}

Cosgrave resigned as CEO of Web Summit on October 21, 2023.^[26][27][28]

Criticism for comments

Cosgrave has come under criticism and faced legal action for comments he has made on multiple occasions, particularly about politicians.

Cosgrave criticised the Irish tax system in 2019. When asked at a press conference if his stance could be viewed as hypocrisy, Cosgrave agreed as Amaranthine, an investment fund set up by Cosgrave with other Web Summit founders, is based in California but registered in Delaware - an effective tax shelter.^[29][30]

On 30 March 2020, Cosgrave posted a tribute on Twitter to the "4 nurses in Ireland who fought so hard for so many patients, but who themselves fell ill, and have now passed. RIP." The following day, the Health Service Executive tweeted that "Contrary to tweets sent yesterday - thankfully none of our nurses have died in Ireland from #COVID19." Phil Ni Sheaghdha, general secretary of the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO), accused Cosgrave of "scaremongering".^[31] On 8 June, Cosgrave "unreservedly" apologised on Twitter to the HSE and the INMO.^[32] However, on May 14, 2023, in an RTE radio interview, Cosgrave asserted that his original tweet was correct in stating that four nurses had died.^[33]

Also in 2020, Cosgrave was criticised for using what some inferred as sectarian and pejorative language in calling Neale Richmond a "Castle Catholic".^[34][35]

In 2023, following the attack by Hamas in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Cosgrave publicly stated on a Social Media platform that "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are", referring to Israel's retaliatory attacks on Gaza. He also denounced the attacks by Hamas and stated that he was "devastated to see the level of innocent civilian casualties in Israel and Gaza". Although he remained firm with his previous condemnation, He later on apologized,^[36][37] and subsequently resigned as CEO after companies like Amazon, Google and Meta had withdrawn from the 2023 event.^[38]