[oldschoolcalgary]

didn't expect the Sun story to have so much legs... nor comparisons to posters on message boards.

The biggest difference is a pretty simple one: complaining on a message board is simply people joking around or venting.

the Sun's headline was in bad taste because the man just lost his job... I haven't gone back to read earlier posts, but i would say the say thing to posters who say things like "good riddance, he was garbage" after the buyout that i wouldn't have in a game thread.

Actual consequences (the man has a family and kids) should change the lens of how people categorize those types of comments or throw them around after the fact imo.

<stepping off soapbox now>