More Sex Scandals at Microsoft
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2011-09-01 17:13:37 UTC
- Modified: 2011-09-01 17:13:37 UTC
Summary: A "€£10 million High Court battle" and dismissal give visibility to yet another shameful pattern of behaviour inside Microsoft
SEX SCANDALS are not unusual at Microsoft. There are recent examples even of alleged orgies. According to a couple of different source from the UK, this is getting litigious: [via]
A culture of “excessive drunkeness” and lewd behaviour among senior staff at Microsoft in Britain has apparently been laid bare in a €£10 million High Court battle between its UK chief and his former second in command.
And separately:
Negus denied allegedly planting a smacker on a workmate at WPC in Atlanta in 2009 in full view of attendees, but when additional information came to light he was dismissed, Microsoft said in its claim, quoted in a report by Bloomberg.
One needs to be somewhat of a sociopath to work for a convicted monopolist with a proven history of crime. It's like seeking a job at Blackwater, it's not "just a business". That's why many people
do refuse to work for Microsoft. There is ethics mismatch. It's not that Microsoft turns people into sociopaths, it just tends to attract sociopaths. It's a cultural thing.
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"By May of 1994, Gates's patience was growing so thin that not even a public relations pro like Pam Edstrom could muzzle him."
--Jennifer Edstrom
Comments
Michael
2011-09-01 17:52:02
€ € € € € ----- € € € € € I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms € € € € € children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based € € € € € on cases which aren’t voluntary, which are then stretched by € € € € € parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby € € € € € is maturing. € € € € € ----- € € € € € If people are seriously concerned not to let children have € € € € € sex in making porn films, they could use the approach that € € € € € has succesfully eliminated cruelty to animals in films. You € € € € € have seen the statements certifying that “no animals were € € € € € harmed in making this film.” There could be a similar € € € € € certification that “no minors had sex or were nude with € € € € € adults in making this film.” € € € € € ----- € € € € € Internet filtering in schools blocks access to educational € € € € € materials. While that article focuses on blockage of the € € € € € educational materials that prudes would admit, porn is also € € € € € very important for education. Blocking adolescents’ access to € € € € € porn, or keeping them ignorant of sex in any way, is likely € € € € € to stunt their emotional growth and make them vulnerable to € € € € € mistakes that can hurt them badly. € € € € € ----- € € € € € It is absurd to punish anyone for having sex with someone of € € € € € age 15 — it is normal for Americans of age 15 to have sex. € € € € € ----- € € € € € The concept of “sexual interference with a human corpse” is € € € € € curious. All a corpse can do is decay, so the only possible € € € € € kind of interference is to prevent its decay. Thus, “sexual € € € € € interference” ought to mean playing with the corpse’s € € € € € genitals while injecting embalming fluid, or while putting it € € € € € into a refrigerator. However, I doubt that the censors € € € € € interpret this term rationally. They will have cooked up an € € € € € excuse for some twisted interpretation of the term.
€ € € € € This censorship cannot be justified by protecting corpses € € € € € from suffering. Whatever you do to a corpse, it can’t suffer, € € € € € not even emotionally. € € € € € -----
After all, Roy, if you are to be consistent, you must think that all who work on GNU< at the very least, must share or at least support such repulsive views.
Right?
No double standard from you!
Michael
2011-09-02 16:29:09
I see Roy is denying Stallman said the above things... or saying that when he did they were taken out of context. Well, here are the links to Stallman's own site where he says these things. You may need to use the find feature of your browser to find the quotes (control+F on most browsers)- the pages are long.
http://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html
Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization.
€ € € € € I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms € € € € € children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based € € € € € on cases which aren’t voluntary, which are then stretched by € € € € € parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby € € € € € is maturing.
Yes: Stallman is supporting a political party that wants to campain for the legalization of pedophilia. And clicking on Stallman's own link, we get this: http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/dutch-paedophiles-to-launch-political-party-1.279664 OR http://goo.gl/PVkle
Dutch paedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalisation of child pornography and sex with animals.
Yes... *that* is what Stallman is supporting! Nothing taken out of context... and no commentary on my part needed to see how repulsive that is.
http://stallman.org/archives/2010-may-aug.html
€ € € € € If people are seriously concerned not to let children have € € € € € sex in making porn films, they could use the approach that € € € € € has succesfully eliminated cruelty to animals in films. You € € € € € have seen the statements certifying that “no animals were € € € € € harmed in making this film.” There could be a similar € € € € € certification that “no minors had sex or were nude with € € € € € adults in making this film.”
Those are Stallman's *exact* words. On his own site.
http://stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html
€ € € € € Internet filtering in schools blocks access to educational € € € € € materials. While that article focuses on blockage of the € € € € € educational materials that prudes would admit, porn is also € € € € € very important for education. Blocking adolescents’ access to € € € € € porn, or keeping them ignorant of sex in any way, is likely € € € € € to stunt their emotional growth and make them vulnerable to € € € € € mistakes that can hurt them badly. € € € € € Yes: Stallman is saying that porn is important to education and that kids should have access to it in *schools*, and to block it will "stunt their emotional growth".
No twisting of his words, Roy. Those are Stallman's words on his own site.
http://stallman.org/archives/2008-may-aug.html
€ € € € € It is absurd to punish anyone for having sex with someone of € € € € € age 15 — it is normal for Americans of age 15 to have sex.
http://stallman.org/articles/extreme.html
€ € € € € The concept of “sexual interference with a human corpse” is € € € € € curious. All a corpse can do is decay, so the only possible € € € € € kind of interference is to prevent its decay. Thus, “sexual € € € € € interference” ought to mean playing with the corpse’s € € € € € genitals while injecting embalming fluid, or while putting it € € € € € into a refrigerator. However, I doubt that the censors € € € € € interpret this term rationally. They will have cooked up an € € € € € excuse for some twisted interpretation of the term.
€ € € € € This censorship cannot be justified by protecting corpses € € € € € from suffering. Whatever you do to a corpse, it can’t suffer, € € € € € not even emotionally.
Once again, Roy's claims of my being dishonest are proved to be lies on his part. Stallman said exactly what I attributed to him. And there is a lot more...
http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/StallmanQuotes.txt
twitter
2011-09-02 19:33:29
I'd prefer to read the whole thing, thanks, so that I'll know how you have taken things out of context in your smear. I don't see how you can compare the alleged controversial statements of one person to the demonstrated organizational depravity of a whole company. Statements are not actions so the two are not comparable.
Michael
2011-09-02 19:36:08
When Roy vilifies MS over *accusations* as he ignores Stallman's repulsive BS, it proves he is biased.
By the way, are you Roy using a different name? Just curious.