Now information alone can be "offensive"? Nashville must be run by some really stupid folk.
"The city said the forwarding of the message violated its e-mail policy barring the sending of offensive information" Bruce http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42505 Worker faces discipline for 'anti-Muslim' e-mail Forwarded mock quiz that pokes fun at airport screening policy Posted: January 22, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern C 2005 WorldNetDaily.com A worker for the city of Nashville is in trouble for forwarding a popular chain e-mail that employs a mock quiz to criticize U.S. airport screening policies Facing possible disciplinary action, Lori Lazo-Bell, an employee of the city's finance department, has written a letter of apology for forwarding the e-mail Jan. 13 to several people. The quiz http://www.ropma.net/muzzie_quiz.htm is a multiple-choice asking the taker to identify who was responsible for 12 well-known terrorist attacks. In each case, with options such as Elvis and Mr. Rogers, the answer obviously is "male extremist between the age of 17 and 40." The city said the forwarding of the message violated its e-mail policy barring the sending of offensive information, the Tennessean newspaper reported. The paper said one man who received it was outraged and sent a copy to Mayor Bill Purcell's office and some Nashville news media. Finance Director David Manning said Lazo-Bell used ''poor judgment'' in forwarding ''such an inappropriate message.'' ''Unfortunately, it's not that unusual because people make bad judgments sometimes about the way in which they use e-mail,'' Manning told the paper. ''It happens everywhere, unfortunately. That's life. The issue is what you learn from it and how you react from it.'' Manning said he has not made a decision about what action to take but has called in the Human Resources Department and the Law Department about disciplinary options. Lazo-Bell, an interior designer for the Real Property division, issued a written apology to Manning and her division supervisor, Ken Maynard, and copied it to Purcell, the Tennessean reported. She said she did not pay much attention to the content of the e-mail. ''It has never been my nature to stereotype groups,'' her letter said, according to the paper. ''I have always and will always relate to others as another human being without regard to age, color, economic status or nationality.'' She closed saying: ''Please know I love my job with Metro and I love the diversity of Nashville and I am truly sorry for putting all of you in the position you are now in with the media.'' [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
