[ale] Working for Bill

[Geoffrey]

aaron wrote:
> On Thursday 20 April 2006 11:29, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
>> Chris Ricker wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems like many large companies were firing people for
>>>> blogging about work recently. It got some news coverage
>>>> last year I think. Perhaps Microsoft encourages that
>>>> sort of thing? But criticizing your employer to the
>>>> void seems like a good way to get fired. :) Or has he
>>>> since moved on?
>>> Microsoft's not Apple. If mini-microsoft hasn't been fired by Microsoft 
>>> for blogging, no one will be ;-)
>>>
>>> <http://minimsft.blogspot.com/>
>>
>> That's actually rather big of Microsoft then. I'm not sure
>> how smart it is, but I give them points for allowing free
>> speech.
> 
> And gee, maybe we should give the convicted corporate criminals points for not 
> raping children or not torturing puppies while we're at it.

Hardly a reasonable comparison.

> Free speech is a right guaranteed to all citizens living under the U.S. 
> constitution, not some special privilege dispensed by the mercenary lawyers 
> of corporape America.  There is nothing "magnanimous" about _not_ attacking 
> or violating our freedoms and civil liberties.

Some companies have you sign a document indicating that you will not 
discuss company business in such a way.  Thus, you are right, you are 
free to say what you will.  You may just have to do it from another job.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin Franklin