Navy secretary resigns over Covid firing

[Doctor Phibes]

Modly resigns

[Copper]

Wasn't it mostly for using language that would be allowed on this forum?

[Jolly]

Yep.

The firing isn't what got him. It was the extremely poor choice of words over the ship's intercom.

[xenon]

Moldy:

“ If he didn't think, in my opinion, that this information wasn't going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either A, too naive, or too stupid to be a commanding officer”

The irony.

[Rainman]

@xenon said in Navy secretary resigns over Covid firing:

Moldy:

“ If he didn't think, in my opinion, that this information wasn't going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either A, too naive, or too stupid to be a commanding officer”

The irony.

You point out the irony. I'm confused by the accuracy. Over the years, I've had wise, powerful people counsel me on what to say, or not to say, in the political or educational environment. I listened, and learned.
I don't understand how a person, either one of these gents, could not foresee the repercussions of what they were about to do, and then went ahead and did it.
I can confidently call them both stupid, but I'm way way outside their orbit. I use "stupid" in the right way, at the right time, in the right venue.

[jon-nyc]

I'm sure Captain Crozier understood the likely repercussions of his letter. It seems to me he sacrificed his career for the safety of his men.