Here's the thing - don't expect me to be enthused about someone who cozys up to a mass murderer.

[MADem]

93. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

The documentarian who produced "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" posed with Kissinger in a photo that looks like an engagement picture. Does she lack integrity, too, along with Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, etc?


Mature people--as we see in the pictures that I have posted here--can disagree without being

1. Childish

2. Disagreeable

3. Stupid

If your "friend's dad" wanted to "ruin his career" by bellowing at a company event that he was PAID to attend that he didn't want his picture taken, I doubt that being forced to pose for a snapshot was his problem. He was probably close to getting fired anyway because he lacked judgment--behaving in that manner was a huge clue (if he even said or did those things, which I frankly doubt). When the cameras come out, the way to handle this is to excuse yourself with a bit of a stomach problem and head for the bathroom. Or better still, "get the flu" and stay home.

You don't announce in "loud and no uncertain terms" that you're intent on being an asshole and ruining the event that the people who GIVE YOU YOUR PAYCHECK have put together. That is what childish, disagreeable, stupid assholes do (or they claim they do).

In sum, that's not "bravery," and that's not "integrity," that is asinine, childish, stupidity. It's probably also a bullshit war story.

If he had REAL "integrity," as he supposedly claimed, he wouldn't EVEN WORK for people who consort with those he says he despises. Their "blood money" was apparently good enough for him, wasn't it? He moved "up in the food chain" and enjoyed the benefits of his employment, after all.

Basically, all we're quibbling about with that guy and his stupid little Tough Guy story is his PRICE. He'll take their money, he just won't pose for pictures. Lots of people who take money for services rendered have a similar scruple.

So, whatever...