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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
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.
I'll grant that steam-blowing is normal and often cathartic for the individual. But the petty personal slams were completely unnecessary, and THAT is hard for a person to overcome, regardless of how some here may understand it. It shows a possible inability to cooperate with others. Really, he's pissed at ME because I try to walk the line of objectivity instead of picking either slathering sycophant or perpetual curmudgeon? Seriously?

Not that I care, I just don't get what he hopes to accomplish with the mud slinging. Sure, give Nokia hell. The company has certainly earned it in many ways. The rest was just childish and stupid. It cost him my respect, but then, I'm sure he cares as much as I do at this point. But respect is a currency of the business world. He'll get that one day, or suffer accordingly.
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