jim wrote:As a person who likes to push the envelope too far sometimes ... wow this is over the top. How could she have thought this would be funny to anyone?
I think most of us agree. The question, though, is whether internet outrage should get her fired and possibly ruin her life. Should it?
Then how different is it from the young woman who called Obama a n***** and hoped for assassination?
jim wrote:As a person who likes to push the envelope too far sometimes ... wow this is over the top. How could she have thought this would be funny to anyone?
I think most of us agree. The question, though, is whether internet outrage should get her fired and possibly ruin her life. Should it?
Then how different is it from the young woman who called Obama a n***** and hoped for assassination?
Does that lady have a job? If I was her boss, I'd fire her for that statement in a heartbeat.
jim wrote:As a person who likes to push the envelope too far sometimes ... wow this is over the top. How could she have thought this would be funny to anyone?
I think most of us agree. The question, though, is whether internet outrage should get her fired and possibly ruin her life. Should it?
Then how different is it from the young woman who called Obama a n***** and hoped for assassination?
Does that lady have a job? If I was her boss, I'd fire her for that statement in a heartbeat.
Stupidity has consequences.
I think she was fired. What about this case? Fire her? I bet they'll be forced to.
So....here's my short story on this which of course means long story.
One Sunday morning at about 3 a.m. I was out on the lake and tried a stupid stunt and ended up breaking my nose, ripping my nose in two pieces and folding over the skin from just below my nose into my mouth. Had to go to the hospital and get like 10 stitches or something. No big deal. But, I had a softball game Tuesday night that I had to play in because we were short players.
I covered everything up with gauze and what not, but still. Not a good situation. Further, as I was coming in to home, these guys tried to make a play to get me out...which in my mind was pointless. After I had crossed home plate, the catcher caught the ball and swung his arm around trying to tag me...like 3 feet past the plate...right in the face. So, I dodged him, but immediately saw red and called him a mother [expletive] and went to hit him but thought better of it and went to the dugout. After the inning, I went out and apologized and said I was sorry and was just worried about my face. No big deal, or so I thought.
The next morning, the president of the company I work for called me in to his office and read me an email he had received. IT was from a guy that was watching the game the night before. He was a client or worked for a firm that was a client for whom we did hundreds of thousands of dollars of work annually and he said my behavior was so inappropriate that he had doubts in not only my ability but also the company's ability to represent him and they would have to re-think our relationship. Really, I think the guy was full of [expletive] and trying to make himself more important than what he really was because from what I could tell nothing really changed, but that is apparently irrelevant. I told my side of the story, and it was backed up by everyone on the team. But....it was all irrelevant. There was only one opinion that mattered. So...I had to write a letter apologizing to him which was bull [expletive]. And, I was put on super secret double probation or whatever.
So, yeah, long story short... Even brief lapses in character can have serious consequences.
jim wrote:As a person who likes to push the envelope too far sometimes ... wow this is over the top. How could she have thought this would be funny to anyone?
I think most of us agree. The question, though, is whether internet outrage should get her fired and possibly ruin her life. Should it?
Then how different is it from the young woman who called Obama a n***** and hoped for assassination?
I don't think things you do online should be judged any differently than things you do in real life. Just because something went viral doesn't make it worse. However, there are consequences for any action you take.
