Video Game CEO fired over pro-life social media post

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You are 100% correct in your observation.

Regardless - he should not be fired for voicing his opinion that has zero to do with his job.
Given that his statement lost them a contract, I would disagree.
 
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How does his one tweet supporting a pro life group effect a video game company?

"affect" [/grammarpolice]

As polarized as this nation is, posting a CEO taking a political opinion may alienate half the county... Which can't be good for his business.

Lose money; get the axe. Doesn't matter if you're the CEO or the janitor -- anyone is replaceable.


As does yours my friend, as does yours.

But of course -- but you don't see me trying to tell a multimillion-dollar Corporation how to handle its personnel issues.
 
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Given that his statement lost them a contract, I would disagree.

And there you have it -- when you become a financial liability, you get canned like a tuna.
 
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No - I don't believe we should regulate free speech.

Can we separate free speech (Government action) from free expression (Private action)? It makes the conversation easier.

Should we regulate free expression? If not then that would indicate to me we should not do anything in this case. Regulation would be making it illegal to fire someone.


If it does not come from an official position within the company (he was not speaking on behalf of the company).

I am a conservative person - I own shares in Apple - should the CEO of Apple be removed from his position because he states something I don't agree with? That is ludicrous, unless the person is speaking for the company, it is none of my business.

I agree with your opinion, but the question still remains. Should it be illegal to do so? My response is no because I don't think the right of free expression should trump the right of free association.
 
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The point of games is that they are pretend not real life. Communists play Monopoly.
I am well aware of that, but there is also connection to real life, which is why there aren't any games (that I know of, anyway) featuring child-rape or other sick things that people abhor in real life.
 
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I am well aware of that, but there is also connection to real life, which is why there aren't any games (that I know of, anyway) featuring child-rape or other sick things that people abhor in real life.

Well, as kids we play cops and robbers, or cowboys and Native Americans, with good guys and bad guys and finger guns and 'dying'. But we don't play (I hope) child-rape. Making it a videogame doesn't change much about what we find entertaining to role-play as.
 
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Given that his statement lost them a contract, I would disagree.

Thank you for your opinion - we disagree.

"affect" [/grammarpolice]

effect (/grammarpolice) back atcha
ef•fect ĭ-fĕkt′

  • n.
    Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
  • n.
    The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result.

As polarized as this nation is, posting a CEO taking a political opinion may alienate half the county... Which can't be good for his business.

Lose money; get the axe. Doesn't matter if you're the CEO or the janitor -- anyone is replaceable.

Which is a sad statement on us - isn't it?


But of course -- but you don't see me trying to tell a multimillion-dollar Corporation how to handle its personnel issues.

That makes two of us - yet here we both are giving our opinions on the matter. Just like an online discussion board - who would have thought it possible.
 
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Well, as kids we play cops and robbers, or cowboys and Native Americans, with good guys and bad guys and finger guns and 'dying'. But we don't play (I hope) child-rape. Making it a videogame doesn't change much about what we find entertaining to role-play as.

side note: Some of us played Cowboys and Indians. In the 60's we had no clue what a Native American was - the term was never used.

I agree with your post!
 
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I agree with your opinion, but the question still remains. Should it be illegal to do so? My response is no because I don't think the right of free expression should trump the right of free association.

Agreed
 
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Well, as kids we play cops and robbers, or cowboys and Native Americans, with good guys and bad guys and finger guns and 'dying'. But we don't play (I hope) child-rape. Making it a videogame doesn't change much about what we find entertaining to role-play as.
I also played cops and robbers, army, etc. when I was a kid but not without my mom condemning it for being violent. I understand that gaming is fantasy and play but there has to be a part of it that is appealing to a person in real life for them to want to play it. That's why we play "shoot-em-up" games but not "child-rape" games.

And as kids go, they (hopefully) don't know what rape or chile-rape is yet, and what they DO know about cops and robbers, army, cowboys, etc. is a fictionalized less- or non-violent concept. They don't understand that shooting a living being causes such tremendous trauma to that person, they think it's just "bang bang!" and the person drops and dies instantly and painlessly. What appeals to kids is the right-and-wrong aspect of it more than the killing aspect - they understand the morality better than they understand the trauma of killing/harming people.
 
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I am well aware of that, but there is also connection to real life, which is why there aren't any games (that I know of, anyway) featuring child-rape or other sick things that people abhor in real life.

The reason those games don't exist to any real degree is that the big gatekeepers like Sony, Microsoft, and Apple all have pretty rigid standards regarding in-game content. Some of those standards are technical (e.g. requirements for volume sliders and animated loading screens or restricting in-game payment options) and some of them are thematic (e.g. no hurting kids). If there were no gatekeepers and these platforms were entirely open, you'd see a lot more tasteless content like some of the stuff that was emerging in the late 90's and early 2000's.
 
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No - I don't believe we should regulate free speech.

Well, good news, then -- "we" aren't regulating anything. The people with the money (and thus, the power) are doing what they want with it.

Isn't that a pitiful statement on our times - how about is Walmart cuts all ties with people who hold personal opinions differing from theirs.

Let's cripple our country by being offended shall we?

Given Wal-Mart's multi-billion dollar power, I think you'll find that if they are offended by something, the offense will be quickly rectified long before it has a chance to cripple the country.

Isn't the free market wonderful?
 
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Thank you for your opinion - we disagree.



effect (/grammarpolice) back atcha
ef•fect ĭ-fĕkt′

  • n.
    Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
  • n.
    The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result.

ICYMI -- that "n" before the definitions stands for "noun."

Whereas, in the sentence you used: "How does his one tweet supporting a pro life group effect a video game company?"

You needed the verb -- "affect."

Which is a sad statement on us - isn't it?

Not especially, no. I'm not about to go out of my way to give money to people who make a point to alienate me.

Are you? If so, that's a sad statement on you - isn't it?

That makes two of us - yet here we both are giving our opinions on the matter. Just like an online discussion board - who would have thought it possible.

Indeed -- but there's something laughable about listening to a peasant tell the other peasants how the nobility ought to conduct itself. If you think about it, you'll laugh, too.
 
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Indeed -- but there's something laughable about listening to a peasant tell the other peasants how the nobility ought to conduct itself. If you think about it, you'll laugh, too.

Great message from one fellow peasant to another! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
 
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ICYMI -- that "n" before the definitions stands for "noun."

Whereas, in the sentence you used: "How does his one tweet supporting a pro life group effect a video game company?"

You needed the verb -- "affect."

FYI: "Effect" can also be a verb - in this case, it would mean bringing about or producing the result mentioned in that definition.

Regardless, you are correct in stating that @hislegacy should've used "affect" (which can also be a noun).
 
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