you've come a long way baby

[the_siobhan]

Let's propose a hypothetical situation. Pay careful attention, there's a quiz at the end.


Unidentified individual #1: Engages in inappropriate behaviour at a work event that is specifically prohibited in his employer's code of conduct.

Unidentified individual #2: Responds to and also participates in inappropriate behaviour at a work event that is specifically prohibited in his employer's code of conduct.

Unidentified individual #3: Notifies a corporation that behaviour is taking place that is specifically prohibited in their (the corporation's) code of conduct.

Unidentified individuals #4 - #1000: Send online threats of assault and murder to a single targeted individual. Members of this group also engage in harrassment by launching DOS (denial of service attacks) to one or more online service providers.

Unidentified corporation #1: Fire one of their employees for engaging inappropriate behaviour at a work event that is specifically prohibited in their (the employer's) code of conduct.

Unidentified corporation #2: Fire one of their employees for receiving online threats of assault & murder and for being targetted by DOS attacks.



So here's the quiz part.

Question: Who in this cast of characters behaved in such a way that they should receive the most public criticism for their actions and choices?

Answer: The woman.

Comments

[wild_irises]

This is the best summary I've seen of this situation. *applause*

[kalmn]

I have stolen one of metaphortunate's tags, that being "There is a war". I sense you might also find it useful.

[bcholmes]

Have I mentioned, recently, how much I love you?

[the_siobhan]

Awww. You've made Fester blush.

[jesse_the_k]

Terse and fierce. Thank you.

[mschaos]

brilliantly said

[tcpip]

Should receive the most public criticism? You'd think "Unidentified individuals #4 - #1000", but somehow they've been forgotten in this debate :(

[tcpip]

My poor head.

[the_siobhan]

Oh man. That is thoroughly depressing.

[firecat]

OMG YES

[ashbet]

I want to vomit that, currently, 69% of people say that Adria Richards shouldn't have complained.

I just want an option for ticky-boxes instead of radio buttons, so that I can say "the hackers" AND "her cowardly employer" should go right straight to hell.

I actually think her employer is the worst in this, merely because they decided that an employee being harassed should be fired instead of protected. I very much wonder if what they did was straight-up illegal.

The hackers are vile, and bear full responsibility for their actions, which are reprehensible.

But the employer chose to sacrifice their own employee, to whom they owed something of a duty of care, *because she was under attack* . . . that's worse than anonymous hackers shouting abuse into the void, in my opinion.

I hope she sues their asses off, and wins.

-- A >:(