pg was like a role model for me. I was so inspired by his early essays that I have read them time and again. And I was really disappointed by pg's recent essay. Yes, I agree that if a founder's accent is so strong that he couldn't be understood, he is less likely to succeed. There is no controversy here. I am not disappointed on what he said but how he said it. "...anyone with half a brain...","they must just be clueless if they haven’t gotten rid of their strong accent..." These phrases seem so arrogant to me. Can pg speak Chinese without strong Chinese accent? Does he know how difficult it is to get rid of strong accent? How would he just easily judge these people with strong accents as "half a brain" or "clueless" so easily? "...Everyone got that? We all agree accents are fine?... " Yes, we all got it, since pg is always right 200% of the time, and everybody who disagree are just idiots who don't get his scientifically obtained and proved "empirical evidence".