[softskunk]

My understanding of the controversy around this project and/or its developer:

- The repository, as well as some of the dev’s other projects, contained furry porn. I believe this has since been removed from Thorium.

- The Thorium website also contained an archive of a different website that existed to dissuade people from infant circumcision. In my view, this is a justified viewpoint, though I know not everyone may agree. Regardless of your stance on it, though, I think we can all agree that this is neither a relevant or professional thing to include in a browser project, /nor child pornography/. CP accusations are extremely serious and I have seen no evidence to suggest they’re justified.

All in all, it appears that what started as a small pet project, along with the dev’s personal views and quirks, quickly gained traction amongst others who were then taken aback by seeing content they didn’t expect. I can’t comment on the value of Thorium from a technical perspective, but it seems a shame to spread misinformation about a developer who doesn’t seem to have done anything particularly reprehensible.

This is all my present understanding. If I’ve missed anything, I’d welcome corrections.

[keepamovin]

  If you can keep your head when all about you   
    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   
  If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
    But make allowance for their doubting too;   
  If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
  Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

Embodiment of Kipling in your statement above. Bravo, sire!

I mean I don't know if I want to pin my flag on this guy's crusade but I respect the contrarian calm in a sea of panicking hysterical activists carrying pitchforks.

Combined with other quotes, we might even have unlocked a cure to mass hysterical online panic (I'm dubbing it MHOLP for short, hahaha):

- CP would be another story entirely but I need evidence of that before I act on it. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38856103)

- Hardly reprehensible. Not a very "professional thing sure, I wouldn't trust a browser made by someone who puts porn in the source but its not like its a moral failing for what seems to be someone's side project (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38855775)

You unsung heroes, go you!