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		<title>By: Xrlq</title>
		<link>http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/11/01/uncool-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33839</link>
		<dc:creator>Xrlq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Does it mean nothing that they use their work e-mail address?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Unless that work email address is associated with &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; company, one in which you own stock, or some other company you have good reason to care about, then yes, it means nothing.  Or no, it doesn&#039;t mean anything - or at least, it shouldn&#039;t.  If you were a major client of Clem&#039;s firm, that would be one thing, but given that you&#039;d probably never even heard of it, there was no reason for you to stick your nose where it didn&#039;t belong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Does it mean nothing that they use their work e-mail address?</p></blockquote>
<p>Unless that work email address is associated with <i>your</i> company, one in which you own stock, or some other company you have good reason to care about, then yes, it means nothing.  Or no, it doesn&#8217;t mean anything &#8211; or at least, it shouldn&#8217;t.  If you were a major client of Clem&#8217;s firm, that would be one thing, but given that you&#8217;d probably never even heard of it, there was no reason for you to stick your nose where it didn&#8217;t belong.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/11/01/uncool-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33751</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Xrlq, I&#039;m willing to accept that&#039;s possible.

But let&#039;s say you see someone post, online, something you view as not politically or ideologically disagreeable, but morally repulsive; something akin to white supremacist chatter.

And let&#039;s say they sign that post using their work e-mail address.

Does it mean nothing that they use their work e-mail address?  And assuming you&#039;re not trying to get them fired, merely trying to get their employer to rein them in on what they post from their work e-mail, what conduct counts as acceptable?


Do you believe there are any differences between when someone posts as a private citizen and when they post as an employee of a corporation?

The method I went about taking issue with Clem&#039;s writing might have been hasty, I admit, but I think a fair argument can be made for it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xrlq, I&#8217;m willing to accept that&#8217;s possible.</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s say you see someone post, online, something you view as not politically or ideologically disagreeable, but morally repulsive; something akin to white supremacist chatter.</p>
<p>And let&#8217;s say they sign that post using their work e-mail address.</p>
<p>Does it mean nothing that they use their work e-mail address?  And assuming you&#8217;re not trying to get them fired, merely trying to get their employer to rein them in on what they post from their work e-mail, what conduct counts as acceptable?</p>
<p>Do you believe there are any differences between when someone posts as a private citizen and when they post as an employee of a corporation?</p>
<p>The method I went about taking issue with Clem&#8217;s writing might have been hasty, I admit, but I think a fair argument can be made for it.</p>
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		<title>By: Xrlq</title>
		<link>http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/11/01/uncool-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33703</link>
		<dc:creator>Xrlq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, regardless of WTF you were hoping to accomplish, you were out of line.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, regardless of WTF you were hoping to accomplish, you were out of line.</p>
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		<title>By: Les Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/11/01/uncool-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33701</link>
		<dc:creator>Les Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agree with Uncle. I read the thread at Hobbs and nothing Clem said could remotely be construed as hateful. &lt;a href=&quot;http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/007098.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&#039;s the thread&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agree with Uncle. I read the thread at Hobbs and nothing Clem said could remotely be construed as hateful. <a href="http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/007098.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#8217;s the thread</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: SayUncle</title>
		<link>http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/11/01/uncool-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33696</link>
		<dc:creator>SayUncle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the response. I read his comment at bill hobbs&#039; and noted nothing hateful.  Disagreeing is not hateful.  I don&#039;t think it warrants tracking down an employer because you disagree.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the response. I read his comment at bill hobbs&#8217; and noted nothing hateful.  Disagreeing is not hateful.  I don&#8217;t think it warrants tracking down an employer because you disagree.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the contrary -- his comments *were* hateful; that was the reason I decided to send the e-mail, not because of any policy or ideological difference.  As a matter of policy, my position on TennCare is probably rather close to his.  I responded in the comments thread rebutting Mr. Clem&#039;s allegations -- he included some blatant falsehoods that might skew someone&#039;s perception of the issue.

Also, for what it&#039;s worth, I never asked, explicity nor implicitly, for Mr. Clem to be fired.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the contrary &#8212; his comments *were* hateful; that was the reason I decided to send the e-mail, not because of any policy or ideological difference.  As a matter of policy, my position on TennCare is probably rather close to his.  I responded in the comments thread rebutting Mr. Clem&#8217;s allegations &#8212; he included some blatant falsehoods that might skew someone&#8217;s perception of the issue.</p>
<p>Also, for what it&#8217;s worth, I never asked, explicity nor implicitly, for Mr. Clem to be fired.</p>
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		<title>By: R. Neal</title>
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		<dc:creator>R. Neal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if Bill Hobbs cut back his own political blogging as a result of pressure from his employer? Wouldn&#039;t surprise me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if Bill Hobbs cut back his own political blogging as a result of pressure from his employer? Wouldn&#8217;t surprise me.</p>
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