I don't dispute most of what you said, but I take a bit of issue with:
> In terms of the effect on him - you are assuming he isn't somehow human, and somehow these decisions aren't personally very hard to take.
Humans are perfectly capable of doing horrible things and justifying it to themselves; me claiming that his words of "taking full responsibility" is a corporate platitude doesn't imply that I don't think he's human. I'm sure at some level he probably feels emotions the same way I do, but I also think he's somewhat removed from the consequences of his decisions.
We all do it to some extent (don't think too hard about the labor behind your phone or computer). Doesn't mean it's not crappy.
> In terms of the effect on him - you are assuming he isn't somehow human, and somehow these decisions aren't personally very hard to take.
Humans are perfectly capable of doing horrible things and justifying it to themselves; me claiming that his words of "taking full responsibility" is a corporate platitude doesn't imply that I don't think he's human. I'm sure at some level he probably feels emotions the same way I do, but I also think he's somewhat removed from the consequences of his decisions.
We all do it to some extent (don't think too hard about the labor behind your phone or computer). Doesn't mean it's not crappy.