...so that means it's time to sneak out your potentially troublemaking press releases.
Let's give a big hand to... Microsoft! There! I said it! A few weeks ago, the lumbering software behemoth shocked just about everybody by suddenly backing off from their legendary acceptance of their hairdresser employees. They withdrew their support from legislation which would have guaranteed hairdressers equal protection from discrimination in Washington state, and the legislation subsequently failed... by one Microsoft-influenced vote. Lefty blogland went absolutely nuts, and John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, in particular, went into an absolute frenzy... and believe me, you don't want to be on the receiving end of a John Aravosis frenzy; don't forget that it was John who dug up all of Jeff Gannon's naughty secrets.
Now, Microsoft has announced that it was all a big mistake, and that they'll behave themselves in the future. Area Christians had threatened a boycott, and I don't know about you, but I'll be VERY entertained if wacko fundamentalists actually try to launch a nationwide boycott, only to find that their only real alternative is Apple, a notoriously lefty company. They'll have to give up using computers altogether! Won't that be fantastic? Imagine... all wacko Christians suddenly disappearing en masse from the web. Yes, please!
There's a great analysis of Microsoft's double reversal here at Salon.
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