Controversial Photo at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Should There Be Consequences?
A photo has created a firestorm and led to a woman being fired from her job on Cape Cod.
Lindsey Stone of Plymouth last month posted a photo on Facebook of herself making an obscene gesture at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Both Stone and Jamie Schuh, the woman who took the photo, have apologized about the incident. Stone, and employee of Life Inc., a living facility for adults with disablilities in Hyannis, has been fired from her position. On its Facebook Page, Life Inc. posted the following: On Nov. 19 at approximately 6 p.m., we became aware that one of our employees had posted an offensive, inappropriate photograph on her personal Facebook page. The photo was taken at a national historic site in October by a fellow employee during a trip to Washington, D.C. attended by 40 residents and …
Dr. Brita Barry
9:09 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
For Chris L. Don't be so hard on your compatriots. I remember a British movie character saying: "The Americans have not spoken English for years". What I find amusing is that even you are not 'fool-proof': You wrote: 1) ".....HIM and I were able" (referring to David Nolta) instead of : HE and I were able. 2) " ....a generation older than ME" Instead of: a generation older than I. Remember (Mat 7:… more ›