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Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job

Posted by samzenpus on from the sticks-and-stones dept.

DeeFresh writes "ReadWriteWeb has an article up today discussing an incident in which a school employee lost his job after leaving a comment on the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. After the school employee responded to the newspaper's poll of 'the strangest thing you've ever eaten' with a feline-inspired vulgarity, Kurt Greenbaum, the site's director of social media, tracked down the commenter's identity through his IP address and reported him to school officials. When confronted, the school employee resigned from his job."

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  1. Pussy. There, I said it. by GPLDAN · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say everyone on /. should head over the St. Louis Post Dispatch page and post variations on the word. There must be 100 words in the English language for it, so let's get started....

    1. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. by edmicman · · Score: 5, Funny

      To all of you who think that it's some kind of social repression to frown upon people who make a habbit of unashamedly expressing themselves in a vulgar and crass manner, I suggest you go see the movie Idiocracy, because it's about YOU.

      You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded.

  2. Would this journalist protect his sources? by carou · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, the standards of journalistic integrity are going down.

    1. Re:Would this journalist protect his sources? by need4mospd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, they're quite clearly still thinking inside the box.

  3. Re:Pay back by csartanis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did Kurt Greenbaum rape and murder a young girl in 1990? Heh, just kidding!

  4. Re:Mod parent up and GP down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And make me a sandwich, bitch. Seriously, what the fuck is the point of stupid comments like "mod that guy up and that guy down"? First, do you think you have enough clout for the mods to do whatever the fuck you say? Second, it adds nothing of value to the conversation, only the fact that you're a dick, which we probably could have figured out on our own. If I had mod points I'd mod you down just for being a dumbass.

  5. Re:Naughty words, or not. by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have eaten many different animals (or at least parts of them), including rattlesnake, crocodile, alligator, iguana, turtle, and many different molluscs, arthropods, echinoids, and whatnot from sea or river. I have also eaten squirrel, bear, dog, and cat. So, I can say I have eaten pussy, and you can interpret or misinterpret it any way you want. Oh, and woof-woof, too.

    Yeah, I like Chinese food too.