<i>&gt;Mr. Gibney held out John Lennon and Martin Luther King Jr. as somehow more worthy than Jobs of the wave of grief that took place after they died. </i><p>So all it boils down to is if the particular flaws of a person pushes a critic&#x27;s hotbuttons, he&#x2F;she deserves less praise.<p>For example, if someone&#x27;s hot button is &quot;wife beater&quot; or &quot;pedophile&quot;, he will dismiss John Lennon and Jimmy Page.  If someone else&#x27;s hot button is &quot;plagiarizer&quot; or &quot;adulterer&quot;, she will dismiss MLK and JFK.<p>As far as we can tell, Steve Jobs never raised a hand against his wife.  But, he did treat subordinates very callously.  What to make of all this?<p>Society doesn&#x27;t venerate people for the wife beating or employee mistreatment.  It&#x27;s always the <i>other</i> accomplishments that overshadow those flaws.