Elephant Killer Bob Parsons (GoDaddy CEO)

Domagon said:

Where's the outrage about that?

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Do you *really* want to set me off? Think long and hard about the answer to this question.

Restraint is hard.

I'll have to start JohnQ.US up again....

Domagon said:

If he'd killed a deer or a bear would anyone care? Why is the elephant different? Not saying what he did was right, because it wasn't - very stupid move on his part, but keep it in perspective...

What about all the human atrocities that big companies do every single day, such as companies who outsource to China and elsewhere, including big name companies, including Nike, Dell and Apple. Where's the outrage about that?

http://micgadget.com/3793/the-real-truth-behind-foxconns-suicide-cluster/

Ron

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Understood. Namepros being a domaining forum whose members collectively spend $$$$???/untold amounts of cash at godaddy are fed up with the hubris of the CEO. His wild west, shoot from the hip (sorry) attitude is becoming more evident to the public. He/godaddy really needs to revamp the company image. IMHO

Domagon said:

What about all the human atrocities that big companies do every single day, such as companies who outsource to China and elsewhere, including big name companies, including Nike, Dell and Apple. Where's the outrage about that?

http://micgadget.com/3793/the-real-truth-behind-foxconns-suicide-cluster/

Ron

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That's not an atrocity, that's called a crappy job - and it's considerably better than no job. If you really want to see the Chinese suffer, just stop all outsourcing to that country. A US and EU law requiring that they be paid US level wages would do the trick.

Paying off a thuggish dictator who has destroyed his country so you can shoot an elephant - that's not an atrocity either, though it's disgraceful in any number of ways. The atrocity is that Zimbabwe had plenty of food until the farms were all seized by Mugabe (Bob's friend) and handed out to cronies who let them go fallow. Bob would have helped more Zimbabweans by shooting Mugabe instead of the elephant. Instead, he gave him money.

Domainace said:

That's not an atrocity, that's called a crappy job - and it's considerably better than no job. If you really want to see the Chinese suffer, just stop all outsourcing to that country. A US and EU law requiring that they be paid US level wages would do the trick.

Paying off a thuggish dictator who has destroyed his country so you can shoot an elephant - that's not an atrocity either, though it's disgraceful in any number of ways. The atrocity is that Zimbabwe had plenty of food until the farms were all seized by Mugabe (Bob's friend) and handed out to cronies who let them go fallow. Bob would have helped more Zimbabweans by shooting Mugabe instead of the elephant. Instead, he gave him money.

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I understood that he did not pay a cent to kill the elephant but was "allowed" to as it is legal to kill an elephant there if they are "destroying" crops as was the case according to CNN.

I'll let ppl read this as they'd like but really, this in 100% no way makes me wanna move my GD domains. ppl need to stop being sensitive. We are talking about a MAN here, not the company. Image should in no way factor in. Look at actors and musicians: many are druggies. Britney Spears and Tom Cruise are pretty much insane but they can still perform. Should we refuse to watch a Mission: Impossible movie because of Cruise's behavior? They're not paid to be role models; they are whatever society makes them out to be. I don't care what Bob does with his time just like I don't care what others do w/ theirs. When I had hearing, I used to buy albums from Ozzy and Guns n' Roses. I never once thought about the bands' private habits. If they do their job and do it to my satisfaction, I'm happy. The same, I don't care what Bob does in his free time. GD still runs as normal. Bringing Bob's personal life into this doesn't make sense to me.

Archangel,
I would agree with you more if scammy Bob keept his personal life out of his company. Those villagers who butchered the elephant were wearing Godaddy caps. How is this not connected to Godaddy? Here is a screenshot from the video showing those villagers:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2mz8y8.gif

Why did they give Godaddy caps and t-shirts to villagers? I think the reason might be because those trips are declared as company expenses, as a promotion activity.

Archangel,
I can do that.
I've stopped listening to my fav. singer and performer lady gaga.
before i also stopped listening to pop king MJ when i came to know he was a child abuser. I have also stopped watching movies of some good actors....
The people who do not represent society well, deserve nothing from society.

I understand the hunting fee is about $4000 for elephants. You can search for elephant hunting in Zimbabwe and get the specifics. A payment to the Zimbabwe gov't is a payment to Mugabe.

primavera said:

I understood that he did not pay a cent to kill the elephant but was "allowed" to as it is legal to kill an elephant there if they are "destroying" crops as was the case according to CNN.

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I have always tried to avoid GD at any cost. Any names I have registered there have long been removed, even before this incident.

Love how he re-edited his video in an attempt to claw back some of the absolute zero credibility he has. Has even been pointed out by experts that it wasn't a Bull (male) Elephant, but rather a female.

http://domainnamewire.com/2011/04/04/bob-parsons-updates-elephant-shooting-video/

An eyesore company with absolute piece of $h!t (sad excuse of a) human running it.

I wouldn't miss GD if it disappeared tomorrow...but I won't get that lucky._\|/_



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According to some elephant experts, shooting the elephants actually puts the villagers (and tourists) at GREATER risk:

"What people need to realize is that elephants become very traumatized when one of their family members is shot," Johnny Rodrigues, chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, told Discovery News. "They have very good memories and the trauma makes them aggressive towards humans, which is dangerous for tourists."

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http://news.discovery.com/animals/parsons-elephant-killing-110404.html

Parsons = arrogant idiot.

The few names I've had pushed to me at GD always get xferred out of there before their first renewal date. I've been doing that for years, and if anyone wants to know why, here are a few reasons.

Yes, i do think we need to analyze the perspective.

Look at Charlie Sheen. People buy his crap stage shows. They still watch his TV Comedy Sitcom. People are making him rich, so he can use the money to buy and snort cocaine and pay for prostitutes. Makes you wonder, why doesn't the Feds trace where and who is supplying him drugs? Isn't America sensitive that thousands of people get killed in Mexico just to supply Charlie Sheen with cocaine???? And they still buy his shows??????


I'm not surprised if they call Bob the dumbest CEO ever. If we will follow the logic posted in the other thread here, they said that you don't need "talent" and "brains" to become a millionaire in Domaining. All you need to do is "get there first" and "grab the best domains" before everyone else had the clue. And then you become a rich slob mother F blowing money to get hot chick trophies and animal souvenirs.

You can't compare Bob, to Warren Buffet or Bill Gates.

I would never call Bob Parsons stupid. He built Godaddy from nothing, while there are millions of smart, well-spoken educated people who say all the right things and still struggle to pay their bills.
I would call this a dumb move, but that's the irony. It's the smartest people who make the biggest screw-ups, while the rest of us play it safe.

You don't have to be smart to be rich, some people get lucky. After he sold his first business for tens of millions of dollars, as long as you're not a complete moron you can turn that money into more money. He's more of an investor.

Depends on how you define smart, I guess. I've know some pretty rough people who say dumb things all day long, yet they can be laser sharp and deadly when it matters most. In fact, the dumb bit is probably an advantage. It puts most people off guard. In fact, I'm hesitant to write anyone off as stupid. You just can't know. Godaddy is more than just an investment, it's a huge success story. (As I'd imagine his previous business might have been too.)

I probably would lump Bob Parsons alongside the likes of Mark Cuban, in terms of personality. They are both colorful and outspoken.

You can even see it in his choice of name for a company: "GoDaddy". When i was new to domaining, I was hesitant to register domains with a company called GoDaddy. I mean, i felt it was embarrassing. You have a website for a highly-respected business, and then customers would check your domain and say 'what the hell is a GoDaddy?' and they'll be suspicious that your website is sleazy and they won't buy stuffs from you.

Simply put, whoever invented the name "GoDaddy" for a company, atleast you have some kind of idea about what kind of personality you are dealing with.

Nice article about Bob on entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219426

Erdy said:

Namecheap's reaction is admirable.

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Cough, cough.

You must mean OPPORTUNISTIC.

Havent looked at it, don't want to, don't need to. Been leaving GoDaddy gradually anyway, won't look back. Never did like all those Godaddy girls all over the place. Yeah girls, my domain is bigger than yours, nudge nudge wink wink.

Isn't GD up for sale? What publicity stunt is next, killing whales or putting Godaddy girls up for auction, or a mix of all that?

It's just an attempt to steal GD's customers. (Although I know it could be argued that it isn't STEALING [ppl would need to be willing in this case], they're just trying to seize this opportunity while they can)

DaddyHalbucks said:

Cough, cough.

You must mean OPPORTUNISTIC.

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On July 4th, Bob is gonna kill a bald eagle with Joan Rivers plucking off its feathers afterward.

carob said:

Isn't GD up for sale? What publicity stunt is next, killing whales or putting Godaddy girls up for auction, or a mix of all that?

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alien51 said:

You can't compare Bob, to Warren Buffet or Bill Gates.

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Really?

micro, soft, has viruses, gets caught looking in other peoples windows...

I'm waiting for a story to drop that wherever people are moving their domains too, that CEO is hunting tigers to bottle up and sell Tiger blood. People will feel kind of stupid if the CEO of their new domain registrar legally hunts as well.

Funny namecheap

JB Lions said:

I'm waiting for a story to drop that wherever people are moving their domains too, that CEO is hunting tigers to bottle up and sell Tiger blood. People will feel kind of stupid if the CEO of their new domain registrar legally hunts as well.

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I heard the CEO of Oversee was bidding on their own auctions but that may be an unfounded rumor. It's hard to tell because he didn't capture it on video and put it on their site...

If the $20433 amount represents the $1 or 20% per domain transfer, then that's like 20,433 domains moved over. Would be interesting to see how much Go Daddy gained or lost from this, though any loss is surely temporary.

Archangel said:

I'll let ppl read this as they'd like but really, this in 100% no way makes me wanna move my GD domains. ppl need to stop being sensitive. We are talking about a MAN here, not the company. Image should in no way factor in. Look at actors and musicians: many are druggies. Britney Spears and Tom Cruise are pretty much insane but they can still perform. Should we refuse to watch a Mission: Impossible movie because of Cruise's behavior? They're not paid to be role models; they are whatever society makes them out to be. I don't care what Bob does with his time just like I don't care what others do w/ theirs. When I had hearing, I used to buy albums from Ozzy and Guns n' Roses. I never once thought about the bands' private habits. If they do their job and do it to my satisfaction, I'm happy. The same, I don't care what Bob does in his free time. GD still runs as normal. Bringing Bob's personal life into this doesn't make sense to me.

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"Should we refuse to watch a Mission: Impossible movie because of Cruise's behavior?" Of course it is personal, but yes I would not watch another Cruise movie if I knew he unjustifiably killed an elephant or whoever. I think in music and movie industry it is even more obvious, you watch/listen to the product because on some level you identify with actors, in other words you *like* them (like they often say in movie reviews, that characters were not enough "likable" to make it a good movie). How can I ever enjoy Cruise movie when I will be thinking that he killed an elephant, when I like elephants..

"ppl need to stop being sensitive" - i think people *may* not be sensitive, in that there is no requirement for them to be so, and therefore if someone is not sensitive I believe they are not to blame. But i think our world would be a much sadder place if there were no people who opt to be sensitive. To be sensitive in such situations means that, given the opportunity, you will be able to change/affect things for the better, even if it is such as small change as drawing attention of others to the fact that doing something Rob P did is wrong. If everyone were insensitive, making these small changes would not be possible, and as I said it seems to me that making these small changes and knowing that you can do it and others can, makes our world a little bit better place to live.