So, this blog is about Ethics, Technology, and Business, but sometimes Humor Wins.

by James Hatch on October 28, 2009

The San Francisco Chronicle posted something today that has me rolling on the floor. I used to live in California, but left it for the DC/Metro area nearly 6 years ago… I haven’t had to witness directly, the things that are going on in California; I do hear about it occasionally; like housing prices halving in value.

Then comes this veto from Schwarzenegger, which, if you look at the first letter of the veto, it drops the F-Bomb on those who voted to institute a bill.

Ethically, if someone is “having fun” as the article suggests, a person needs to realize where and when you can have fun. I wouldn’t wear a swastika while walking through the holocaust museum, I wouldn’t scream ‘fire’ in a crowded movie theater, and I wouldn’t make comments about being a fundamentalist Muslim who is tired of the long lines to get on board a plane. It might be funny in the right context, but not as described.

Frankly, I hope it is just one of those pranks where the people are being gamed for the sake of humor. If not, someone is about to get in trouble.

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