Replace the word 'ebooks' with 'video games', and I would bet the resulting statement would still be pretty accurate.

I don't know how much you have been paying attention to the news lately, but Japan just elected a right-wing head of government who wishes to change that. Just some food for thought.

Depends on your definition of "done deal".

As someone who was tortured throughout my primary and secondary education, I understand that the situation can feel nigh intolerable. But my question is this: why didn't she just tune them out? If my understanding of the situation is correct, it appears that the entirety of the abuse was occurring online. So why didn't she just block/unfriend them, as virtually every form of social media allows you to do? I may have been treated like shit at school, but I didn't interact with anyone I didn't want to online - my home was my haven. I certainly didn't friend my tormentors on Facebook...

It's certainly not illegal in a criminal sense - you won't get sent to prison for it. I don't know how easy (or hard) it would be for the other party to sue her for defamation/slander in this particular case. Assuming the material she posted was indeed said by the other party, I assume it would be quite difficult - but as I said, I am not a lawyer. For a good reason, mind you.

But let's put that point aside for the moment. Do you honestly think it is more unprofessional of someone to post a private conversation than for the other party to call them a demeaning name (a name which was of a sexual nature in this case) in said conversation? Perhaps the actions of both are unprofessional, in a sense. Perhaps she could have solved this in private. Honestly, I don't know, and I personally suspect that there may be more to the situation than is being let on. But I think anyone with an iota of common sense would agree it is extraordinarily unprofessional to start calling anybody names of any sort just because they don't want to work for you without compensation. It's goes beyond being unprofessional to just being plain old stupid.

I think that's quite a stretch. This is more ridiculous than two people being fired over a penis joke?

Not in the United States, it isn't. Of course, I am not a lawyer.

Would he? Do you know that for sure?

Honestly, I don't know for certain if this particular individual is actually a total sexist. That wasn't my point. My point was that compared to the batshit retardation that was donglegate, this is something that people should actually be up in arms about-barring any circumstances of which we are currently unaware.

Remember when Steam sucked? I sure do. Software typically takes a period of time to gestate to full functionality - I get that. Of course, Steam only managed my computer games - not my health insurance! I suppose I'll play Obamacare as a whole by ear at this point...

97% of the time, the term is applied to women. Do you think they would have expressed themselves in such a manner if she were a man?

I think this is a little more outrageous than a joke about big dongles, don't you think? ;)

Our (U.S.) politics would be better, that's for sure.

Hmm... should they call themselves the Maker Rangers? Or is the Army going to sue them too?

A hundred duck sized horses, or a single horse sized duck...

I have a billion dollars that would like to have a word with you.

I'm not entirely sure as to what was Damon's situation, but I know for a fact that both Gates and Obama both attended private schools.