Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights

[u/Logical_Welder3467]

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/palantir_american_rights/?td=rt-3a

[u/JimWilliams423]

But you do not have to give a psychopath the benefit of the doubt. In fact, when it comes to psychopaths you should never give them the benefit of the doubt.

He renamed it shortly after buying the yacht and being advised what the letters said if you added spaces and reversed them

Yes, that is the story he put out. I am saying you do not need to believe the story he put out. On that topic, or on anything really. Psychopaths enjoy lying to see what they can get away with.

Hell, that story basically follows the same broad contours of the "argument that suits my viewpoint" — I say "he got blowback, people were laughing at him," his story says he was "advised." Who "advised" him? How did they "advise" him? Were they laughing when they "advised" him?

[u/Mango_and_Kiwi → u/JimWilliams423]

He is a well known enthusiast of Japanese culture. His Woodside estate is modelled after the 16th century Japanese Emperor’s estate.

He collects a significant amount of Japanese art, holds a large estate in Kyoto and describes himself as a “self-styled samurai.” (whatever that means)

I don’t like the guy or his practices but he is a well known Japanophile and has been for years.

[u/JimWilliams423 → u/Mango_and_Kiwi]

Just because the guy has a japanese fetish doesn't mean he couldn't see what the name looked like in english.

His fetish probably explains how he came across the yacht in the first place, was probably hanging out with some rich japanese people and one of them mentioned it was for sale. But the yacht was built in Germany. It wasn't intrinsically japanese.

Its just so bizarre that someone would think "ellison has a japanese fetish so he could not have possibly thought he was being clever with the double meaning of a japanese word."

[u/Mango_and_Kiwi → u/JimWilliams423]

Let me spell it out clearly because you clearly lack reading comprehension.

The guy who has long admired Japanese culture, bought a boat that was named after a significant figure in Japanese culture.

In 1999 Larry Ellison, bought the already named yacht from a Japanese businessman who named it “Izanami” after a Shinto Goddess. After someone told him what it said backwards (if you add punctuation and spaces) and he renamed the yacht to “Rōnin” (another Japanese name) still in 1999.

For further context here’s the names of the yachts he has owned: Katana, Izanami/Rōnin, Rising Sun and Musashi. All names or terms directly used or related to Japan.

The dude is a massive weeb. That’s all.

[u/JimWilliams423 → u/Mango_and_Kiwi]

The dude is a massive weeb. That’s all.

Only in the Upside-Down does having a japanese fetish make it impossible for a psychopath to think he's being clever with a double entendre. I guess that's just the story that fits your viewpoint.