[logfromblammo]

So the agency responsible for investigating claims regarding workplace health and safety matters, under the OSHA organizational umbrella, fired an employee for making claims regarding unethical work policies, which are now under investigation by a different agency, the Office of Special Counsel.

The umpire has reviewed the play: it is not irony. I repeat: it is not irony.

[DiabloD3]

Under the original definition, it is not irony. Under the modern definition, it is rain on your wedding day.

[nostromo]

Irony is in the eye of the beholder since it hinges on the reader's expectations.

[imglorp]

Thanks, Alanis.

[coldcode]

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

[code_sterling]

It is indeed irony.

"a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result."

I find it ironic that you didn't bother to check what irony means before becoming an irony umpire.

[logfromblammo]

Perhaps you would like to lodge a formal complaint against the Irony Assessment Office? It would, of course, have your full name and employee identification number on the form, so that we can be extra certain that we all know exactly who the rabble-rouser is that needs to be fired. Er, not fired, persecuted. Sorry. What I meant to say was "protected". Ignore those scare quotes.

It was a joke. Don't worry, I'll keep my day job (by knowing when to keep my mouth shut).

[gknoy]

I hope I'm not the only one with the vague hope that somewhere there is a Monty Python sketch of this.

[ccvannorman]

Oh HN, you make my morning.

[TeMPOraL]

I'm going to just assume OSC is accurately portrayed by Person of Interest - they already know, and they'll shoot you if they find out you know too.