[Air-l] a sign of the actual cultural atmosphere ?

[Frank Thomas]

a sign of the actual cultural atmosphere, in the US as well as in Europe 
(and maybe elsewhere) ?

from cnet: http://news.com.com/2009-1088-984352.html?tag=lh from today:

Shoot the instant messenger

Maybe he should paid a few extra bucks for the "ruggedized 
<http://news.com.com/2100-1040-929031.html?tag=nl>" model.

George Doughty, owner of Doughty's Tavern in the mountain town of 
Lafayette, Colo., is without a computer and facing the prospect of jail 
time after shooting his Dell laptop last Sunday.

According to Lafayette Police reports, Doughty got fed up with his 
notebook for unspecified reasons and decided to teach it a lesson with 
his handgun. He set the laptop on the floor of his bar, plugged it with 
several shots and then hung it on the wall "like a hunting trophy," 
according to a report in the region's newspaper, The Daily Camera of 
Boulder, Colo.

Police weren't as much concerned with shooting as the fact that it 
happened in front of several bar patrons. Doughty faces trial March 19 
on charges of felony menacing, reckless endangerment and the prohibited 
use of weapons.

Doughty told CNET News.com he couldn't talk about the incident until 
after the trial.

While Doughty's alleged reaction might have been extreme, the impulse 
isn't that unusual. In a recent European IT survey 
<http://www.ch.didata.com/documents/frustration_survey.pdf?tag=nl>, one 
out of 10 users admitted to physically abusing their PCs when they 
malfunctioned.
[March 7, 2003]

Cheers
Frank Thomas

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