Tired of Stupid?
by Miki Saxon
I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of the amount of pure stupid going around.
Now it’s Mark Hurd, but he is just the latest in an epidemic of stupid.
I expect stupid from teens, after all, brain science has proved that teen brains are in a process of change and during that time the frontal cortex isn’t functioning.
Dr. Paul Thompson, UCLA School of Medicine: “As you get older, you don’t necessarily get more brain. The outer layer of the brain is actually thinning.”
Dr. Judy Rapaport, NIH: “You end up with a sort of leaner, meaner thinking machine by the time you’re an adult.”
But it seems that many aren’t thinking.
Call it Extreme Makeover: Career Edition and Ty Pennington just screamed, “Let’s do some demo!”
I think the brain research needs to be redone to account for regression after 40.
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August 10th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I don’t disagree that what he did was stupid . . . but have you seen the pictures of this woman? I think women in general need to take some responsibility and if they dress in low cut dresses showing ample cleavage they are somewhat complicent in the problem. You can look classy and friendly without giving away the goods so to speak and if she was supposed to be a professional she did not need to dress the way she was dressed no matter the occasion.
I fully realize that the pictures shown with the story may not represent how she dressed for these functions and if she was dressed more conservatively for those – I admit I am wrong.
August 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Hi Julie, I guess we’re going to disagree this time.
Both have said there was no sexual misconduct involvement and HP’s investigation disclosed no merit in the sexual harassment accusation. The stupidity is in his filing of inaccurate and fabricated expense reports for, what to Hurd, was pocket change, $2,000 and $20,000; there was no reason to expense them.
To be honest, I don’t care how she was dressed; I have seen turtleneck sweaters that are far more revealing than many plunging necklines and, as you point out, who knows how she was dressed at the actual events.
But even more basic, I refuse to give any credence to the idea that a woman’s choice of clothing excuses a man’s actions (or vice versa); “she asked for it” was the rationalization for assault and rape for decades, if not centuries. I also refuse to believe that men lose control the minute they catch a glimpse of bosom, booty or legs.
So I still vote the stupidity ticket, but I’ll go along with stupid on both sides.