Llewellyn Kriel's 'sad situation'

The good thing about the internet is that information can be freely uploaded and disseminated. The ordinary mortal can make his or her voice heard. The bad thing about the internet is that information can be freely uploaded and disseminated.

If you click on the link below, you'll see a huge response to this article, many of which have already been deleted.

The good thing about the internet is that information can be freely uploaded and disseminated. The bad thing about the internet is that information can be freely uploaded and disseminated.

I guess it comes down to personal discipline, or lack of, on a large scale. Are people capable of moderating themselves? Are we capable of moderating first our thoughts, then our words? Hmmmm.

clipped from www.thetimes.co.za AN E.NEWS employee who slammed the station, made fun of editor-in-chief Debora Patta’s tan and called its management “power-crazed” on a website faces disciplinary action. Llewellyn Kriel — who was fired last year after he slammed online his previous employer, our sister newspaper, Sowetan — made the comments on media industry website BizCommunity.com. Kriel yesterday confirmed that he made the comments on BizCommunity and that he has been suspended, saying it was a “sad situation”.