On the sickness of our community

Posted Oct 29, 2014 17:51 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: On the sickness of our community by tialaramex
Parent article: On the sickness of our community

> It's easier to feel sorry for a minimum wage employee fired for public relations reasons than a senior executive but the direct outcome is the same, someone lost their job because enough people, or loud enough people demanded it.

And there's zero difference in how easily these people a) are in need of a job for financial stability and b) can find a new job? Sure, the *direct* outcome is the same, but the collateral damage is *far* worse in the first case.