Baardwijk, J. van wrote: > > Van: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Free speech, etc., is something that cannot be abridged by the >>government, but a private company (again, as I understand it) is >>not constrained the same way. > >I think it is. Like any other entity in a country, it is bound by >the laws of that country.
The point is that The Bill of Rights protects a citizen from the government, not from private citizens/industries. Here's a real example of someone that got fired for what he said. There was a popular sports reporter/betting handicapper named Jimmy the Greek here in the New York area. He was being interviewed, and the subject of the paucity of white athletes in professional sports came up. He said it was because "the black is the better athlete." He indicated he felt it was because they worked harder at athletics, and that back in slave days, the stronger ones in this country were bred together to create stronger, faster children that could work harder. The TV company he worked for fired his ass so fast his head spun. And he couldn't do anything about it, because they felt he had tarnished their image. So clearly, despite his reasoned (if not necessarily *reasonable*) argument got him fired. There really is a difference. If McKinsey thinks that Gautum's personal opinions will hurt their business, they can fire him. And again, withthe caveat that this is my understanding, and how the laws have been explained to me. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
