Out of balance is a good way to describe it. Companies are very scared of harrasement lawsuits these days. If you are sending me an email and are typing in words that someone happens to see you type over your shoulder, they can claim harrasement. And win.

In terms of specifics in this case, I agree things went a little too far. But not that far. And I'm very glad JVP is here to bring up these points and speak his mind.

This is a case of not only MS treating VFP as a poor stepchild, but Advisor leaving us in a bad position also. Advisor is in a great position to make up for all the MS docs showing code examples in VB only. But they show no desire to even step into 1999 technology and help us out. It would be very cool, if FPA had the type of articles that folks here were discussing, taking ideas and streaching them, etc. But I don't see that happening.

PF

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>>That sure sounds a little bit out of balance. I don't think I'll be afraid of telling a woman that she looks nice today, or that a certain color of dress is very flattering, etc. No harm intended, no harm done. If I get sued for that, I'll gladly defend my position in court. If the judge is a woman, I might compliment her, too.
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>>>Common sense tells me that there's a lot more to worry about than someone making a comment about someone's credentials.
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>>That's a simplification of what was really said. It went way beyond "a comment" about credentials.
>Perry,
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>>It's not just this type of thing I'm talking about. I was watching something on tv. about sexual harrassment. They showed some folks giving a seminar. The gist of the seminar is not to say anything to anyone regarding personal things, type of dress, hair, etc. If the person you are talking to, for whatever reason, decides that something offends them, its good enough for the courts.
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>That sure sounds a little bit out of balance. I don't think I'll be afraid of telling a woman that she looks nice today, or that a certain color of dress is very flattering, etc. No harm intended, no harm done. If I get sued for that, I'll gladly defend my position in court. If the judge is a woman, I might compliment her, too.
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>>Common sense tells me that there's a lot more to worry about than someone making a comment about someone's credentials.
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>That's a simplification of what was really said. It went way beyond "a comment" about credentials.