In case any of you are still undecided, or want to make sure of your knowledge regarding the upcoming election, I want to share this website with you.
ontheissues.org
The main focus of this website is the actual issues and the candidates actual voting record. No fluff, just facts. Furthermore, there are links attatched which help explain each issue, and a guide to understanding where you stand. I suggest you take the presidential match quiz as well. You may be suprised who you agree with!
The more you know.....
Monday, October 27, 2008
who owns your name??
United Airlines employees have launched a website calling for the dismissal of Glenn Tilton, the company's CEO.
www.glenntilton.com
This professionally designed website features articles, facts and information as to why this group of employees consider Mr. Tilton to be an "incapable leader". The information is pretty convincing. Imagine being CEO Tilton and learning about an entire website dedicated to your demise!
In this age of identity theft, and with many interpretations of slander and lible laws, it is amazing to me that this is legal. It's one thing to have the website, but to use someone's name as the web address seems to cross a line. What that line is, I do not know. It just feels wrong. What are your thoughts on the matter?
I also find it interesting to consider who is responsible for the website. The website gives the impression that a large group of employees are in agreement on the matter. However, it is possible that just a few, even one angry former employee, could be responsible for the site.
Discuss.
www.glenntilton.com
This professionally designed website features articles, facts and information as to why this group of employees consider Mr. Tilton to be an "incapable leader". The information is pretty convincing. Imagine being CEO Tilton and learning about an entire website dedicated to your demise!
In this age of identity theft, and with many interpretations of slander and lible laws, it is amazing to me that this is legal. It's one thing to have the website, but to use someone's name as the web address seems to cross a line. What that line is, I do not know. It just feels wrong. What are your thoughts on the matter?
I also find it interesting to consider who is responsible for the website. The website gives the impression that a large group of employees are in agreement on the matter. However, it is possible that just a few, even one angry former employee, could be responsible for the site.
Discuss.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
email...the last frontier??
Like many of you, I receive emails from friends and coworkers trying to inform me of some new danger (like bat feces in my eyeliner) or telling me how much I mean to them using dancing cartoon hearts and tigers. No matter the content, the last lines always urge me to forward the email to everyone in my contact list. Usually these are all harmless and on the rare occasion I do forward them it is in order to get a good laugh.
We have discussed in class how through careful monitoring, via Twitter and other online networking sites, buisnesses are trying to stay on top of the rumor mill. Through internet search engines they are able to find links to articles, message boards and blogs to monitor their company's reputation. But what about email?
Recently I received the following: (please note that this is being used as an example and does NOT reflect my personal opinions on any related issues)
Begin Email
Jim Neugent is a coach in Childress , Texas .
Jim writes:
My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program called 'THE PRACTICE.' In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' I sent the following letter to ABC yesterday and really did not expect a reply, but I did get one.
My original message was:
ABC is obsessed with the subject of homosexuality. I will no longer watch any of your attempts to convince the world that homosexuality is OK. ' THE PRACTICE' can be a fairly good show, but last nig ht's program was so typical of your agenda. You picked the 'dufus' of the office to be the one who was against the idea of his mother being gay, and made him look like a whiner because he had convictions. This type of mentality calls people like me a 'gay basher.'
Read the first chapter of Romans (that's in the Bible) and see what the apostle Paul had to say about it.... He, God and Jesus were all 'gay bashers'. What if she'd fallen in love with her cocker spaniel? Is that an alternative life style? (By the way, the Bible speaks against that, too.)
--Jim Neugent
Here is ABC's reply from the ABC on-line webmaster:
How about getting your nose out of the Bible (which is ONLY a book of stories compiled by MANY different writers hundreds of years ago) and read the declaration of independence (what our nation is built on), where it says 'All Men are Created equal,' and try treating them that way for a change!
Or better yet, try thinking for yourself and stop using an archaic book of stories as your lame crutch for your existence. You are in the minority in this country, and your boycott will not affect us at ABC or our freedom of statement.
Jim Neugent's second response ! to ABC:
Thanks for your reply. From your harsh reply, evidently I hit a nerve. I will share it with all with whom I come in contact. Hopefully, the Arkansas Democrat Newspaper will include it in one of their columns and I will be praying for you.
Jim Neugent
Note: Wouldn't Satan just love it if people stopped using the Bible for a crutch?
Please resend this to everyone in your mailbox.
Jim Neugent
I wonder if the person from ABC considered how many people would read this e-mail!
This is one we should definitely pass on.
End email
When this email came to me, my address was one of over one hundred it was sent to. The email has gained so much attention that it is featured on various websites set up to prove or debunk online rumors, such as snopes.com. A quick search will find more links to articles and blogs than you can count. What started as viral email message has turned into a full blown web rumor. Was there anyway for ABC to know about this before it became an online sensation? SHould large companies just accept the fact that in this new interconnected world, there will always be rumors? You can monitor the internet all day long, but what is brewing in the underground world of email may not be known until it's too late.
We have discussed in class how through careful monitoring, via Twitter and other online networking sites, buisnesses are trying to stay on top of the rumor mill. Through internet search engines they are able to find links to articles, message boards and blogs to monitor their company's reputation. But what about email?
Recently I received the following: (please note that this is being used as an example and does NOT reflect my personal opinions on any related issues)
Begin Email
Jim Neugent is a coach in Childress , Texas .
Jim writes:
My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program called 'THE PRACTICE.' In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' I sent the following letter to ABC yesterday and really did not expect a reply, but I did get one.
My original message was:
ABC is obsessed with the subject of homosexuality. I will no longer watch any of your attempts to convince the world that homosexuality is OK. ' THE PRACTICE' can be a fairly good show, but last nig ht's program was so typical of your agenda. You picked the 'dufus' of the office to be the one who was against the idea of his mother being gay, and made him look like a whiner because he had convictions. This type of mentality calls people like me a 'gay basher.'
Read the first chapter of Romans (that's in the Bible) and see what the apostle Paul had to say about it.... He, God and Jesus were all 'gay bashers'. What if she'd fallen in love with her cocker spaniel? Is that an alternative life style? (By the way, the Bible speaks against that, too.)
--Jim Neugent
Here is ABC's reply from the ABC on-line webmaster:
How about getting your nose out of the Bible (which is ONLY a book of stories compiled by MANY different writers hundreds of years ago) and read the declaration of independence (what our nation is built on), where it says 'All Men are Created equal,' and try treating them that way for a change!
Or better yet, try thinking for yourself and stop using an archaic book of stories as your lame crutch for your existence. You are in the minority in this country, and your boycott will not affect us at ABC or our freedom of statement.
Jim Neugent's second response ! to ABC:
Thanks for your reply. From your harsh reply, evidently I hit a nerve. I will share it with all with whom I come in contact. Hopefully, the Arkansas Democrat Newspaper will include it in one of their columns and I will be praying for you.
Jim Neugent
Note: Wouldn't Satan just love it if people stopped using the Bible for a crutch?
Please resend this to everyone in your mailbox.
Jim Neugent
I wonder if the person from ABC considered how many people would read this e-mail!
This is one we should definitely pass on.
End email
When this email came to me, my address was one of over one hundred it was sent to. The email has gained so much attention that it is featured on various websites set up to prove or debunk online rumors, such as snopes.com. A quick search will find more links to articles and blogs than you can count. What started as viral email message has turned into a full blown web rumor. Was there anyway for ABC to know about this before it became an online sensation? SHould large companies just accept the fact that in this new interconnected world, there will always be rumors? You can monitor the internet all day long, but what is brewing in the underground world of email may not be known until it's too late.
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