Re: [OT] Fired???? was...Re: Struts Books Recommendations

[Adam Hardy <ah...@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Bob,
if you didn't realise, Mark had gone into voluntary exile about 2 years 
ago (on the advice of the 'list elders' I believe).

His re-appearance in such a fashion was surprising (and slightly weird - 
I have no idea why he resubscribed unless it was just to play the troll. 
He didn't ask any struts questions, I don't think).


Adam


rah@onebox.com on 06/07/05 19:58, wrote:
[snip]
> So, I want thank all those who didn't let the "shock and awe" of
> Mark's remarks stop them from speaking up. And, if Mark really was
> fired, was there any other way to make Mark accountable for his
> behavior? Right now, I can't think of any, but I'd be happy hear
> suggestions that *really* would have worked with Mark.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bob Harris
> 
> 
> 
> --- Daniel Perry <d....@netcase.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hah, it's the business use of web/email they fire you for. Go read
>> your terms of employment, and the reference to "IT acceptible use
>> policy" that you inadvertantly agreed to.
>> 
>> There have been cases in the uk where they have done this as it's
>> much cheaper to hunt out employees who have sent dodgy emails/had a
>> sexual advert popup/etc than to actually pay people redundancy.
>> 
>> Note that i agree it's a bit harsh to get the guy fired.  Still,
>> who really wants to work for a company that will fire you over a
>> comment you make on a mailing list?
>> 
>> Daniel.
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Reumann
>>> [mailto:struttin@reumann.net] Sent: 06 July 2005 17:42 To: Struts
>>> Users Mailing List Subject: Fired???? was...Re: Struts Books
>> 
>> Recommendations
>> 
>>> 
>>> Mark Galbreath wrote the following on 7/6/2005
>> 
>> 10:19 AM:
>> 
>>>> Thanks to whomever emailed last weeks nonsense
>> 
>> thread to the Director
>> 
>>>> of the Board of Elections.  It made me look like
>> 
>> a racist and I was
>> 
>>>> fired this morning.  The State is also looking
>> 
>> into whether my use of
>> 
>>>> an official email address for that discussion is
>> 
>> in violation of state
>> 
>>>> law.  You did your work well, you low-life
>> 
>> bastard.
>> 
>>>> Signing off.... Mark
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Whoever did send something is such a loser it's
>> 
>> not even funny. At least
>> 
>>> step forward and admit who you are. I constantly
>> 
>> here bigotted stuff on
>> 
>>> mailing lists and forums, yet I don't go running
>> 
>> like a little baby to
>> 
>>> find out their employeer so I can "tattle" on them
>> 
>> like a 3rd grader.
>> 
>>> I'd much rather the internet be open for a free
>> 
>> exchange of ideas
>> 
>>> (regardless of whether we agree with them or not)
>> 
>> without having to fear
>> 
>>> someone is going to hunt down who I am and state
>> 
>> my comments to my
>> 
>>> employeer or wife.
>>> 
>>> I can't believe I now have to watch what I say on
>> 
>> this mailing list.
>> 
>>> Guess I will be making up a gmail account that
>> 
>> doesn't use my real name
>> 
>>> just to help protect myself from losers like this
>> 
>> person.
>> 
>>> It's sad the same thing happened to a guy working
>> 
>> at Allstate who
>> 
>>> happened to post that he felt homosexulaity was
>> 
>> wrong on a non-company
>> 
>>> related website
>> 
>> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44961
>> 
>>> The irony is I guess Mark should have said how
>> 
>> "The US is so evil for
>> 
>>> being in Iraq" or "How he hates pro-life
>> 
>> Christians" and maybe he would
>> 
>>> have gotten a promotion. Or better yet, what if he
>> 
>> was gay and posted
>> 
>>> all over some homosexual website about how he
>> 
>> wanted to do all these
>> 
>>> sexual things with some other males and farm
>> 
>> animals, and I as his
>> 
>>> employeer, found out about it and found it was
>> 
>> offensive so I fired him.
>> 
>>> I will bet you *anything* that the ACLU would be
>> 
>> on my back so fast it
>> 
>>> wouldn't even be funny and I as the employeer
>> 
>> would lose my job for
>> 
>>> firing him! I just love the double-standards in
>> 
>> the U.S. today.  A guy
>> 
>>> can get state funding from the National Endowment
>> 
>> of the Arts by putting
>> 
>>> a crucifix in a jar of urine and calling it 'art',
>> 
>> yet at the same time
>> 
>>> people get fired for off-color comments they make
>> 
>> on a mailing list?


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