Completely agreed. I was just replying why I wouldn't want drones.

However, while outbursts like this should not be without repercussion, it shouldn't lead to immediate dismissal or overlooking for a position, etc, unless there are extenuating circumstances and/or history.

Case in point, at my previous employer, I had a fellow employee (whom I had a good relationship with) get in my face yelling and screaming, threatening, casting aspersions on my lineage, etc. after a meeting one day. Within an hour, I had been in meetings with my boss, his boss, and HR. When asked my opinion, I told them that they shouldn't do anything to the other person. Why?

Two weeks previous, we had switched to SAP to run the company (it's a god awful system, at least initially), we had all been putting in overtime, and were under significant stress. Working in QA we were reviewing everything at least twice, participating in 2-3 production meetings every day, basically running ragged. His anger wasn't directed at me but at the situation, I just happened to be in the line of fire when he finally snapped.

He was an excellent employee, hard working, nice guy. No reason to crucify him for one incident. In fact, afterward, he apologized multiple times and was extremely embarrassed about the whole incident, it was very out of character. We continued to work well together afterward, and he remained a valued employee. I probably could have gotten him fired or transferred to a different department, but I didn't see the value in doing that.

If you look at the whole picture, I imagine qwerty12 to be similar to my former co-worker. Finally fed up with the system, and no real outlet to make changes to it, he finally needed to blow off some steam. Inappropriate, immature, sure, but understandable. Given his history here, I wouldn't hold it against him, and given a different environment (real world, not virtual), it probably could have been avoided before it reached this point anyway.

Wow way too long a post, my apologies.