answer:I had very little exposure to the story and the associated vitriol, but it does seem to be a bit of a tempest in a teapot. So here’s my first question: if Adria Richards felt that the (incredibly juvenile) behavior of the men was sexual harrassment, did she have a legitimate method to address her concerns? Was there a system in place to lodge a complaint and expect investigation and action? My next question would be: did the employer of the men in question have a sexual harrassment policy in place? Did they follow accepted protocols for dealing with this behavior? If they have a clear policy for what constitutes grounds for immediate dismissal, then did this behavior meet those standards? And, of course, did Adria Richards’s employer have protocols for professional behavior? Did they follow them? I think it’s reasonable to expect a certain level of behavior in a professional setting without being considered “too PC”. So where’s the line between assinine behavior and sexual harrassment? I don’t know. And God knows that our current social media addiction results in over-exposure. On the one hand, it seems to me that bad behavior was responded to with bad behavior – not a good idea. But I could see the argument that this was a situation in which someone (Adria Richards) may have felt frustrated that she was continuously exposed to a hostile environment and that she didn’t have an effective way to affect that environment except through public shaming. It just seems unfortunate that it’s become such a contentious occurance.