Foxconn CEO, workers = animals

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:09:47 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote:
: Taiwan tech giant apologizes over chief's 'animal' comment
: Agence France-Presse
: Posted at 01/23/2012 1:34 PM | Updated as of 01/23/2012 1:34 PM
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: TAIPEI - Taiwan technology giant Foxconn has apologized over comments
: by chief Terry Gou allegedly comparing workers to animals, a report
: said Monday.
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: Gou drew criticism on online news forums and discussion sites after he
: was quoted by Taiwanese media as saying "I have a headache how to
: manage one million animals" at the company's year-end party in Taipei
: Zoo earlier this month.
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: Foxconn is the largest maker of computer components and assembles
: products for Apple -- including the iPhone -- plus Sony and Nokia. It
: employs about one million workers in China.
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: The company issued a statement over the weekend to apologize to
: "anyone who feels offended" but stressed that Gou's remarks were taken
: out of context by the media, according to the Taipei-based Now News
: website.
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: "Gou is aware that the media reports are misleading and offensive and
: he apologizes to anyone who feels offended. However, Gou did not
: deliberately slander the workers as some media described," it quoted
: Foxconn as saying.
:
: Foxconn was not immediately available for comment.

It sounds like the sort of joke anyone might make while speaking at a zoo. How
do they manage to make a big deal out of it? Has humor been totally wrung out
of today's society?

Bob

In article ,
Robert Coe wrote:

Has humor been totally wrung out of today's society?

Yes.