[carlosjobim]

> Amazing that a US colleague of mine was fired for saying "fuck" to another US colleague. Really free country that with protected speech...

Well did he sue? That's the only way he can get the government involved and see if his speech is protected or not.

Edit: Do the down voters have problems understanding basic logic? The government can't protect anybody's free speech if they haven't been informed about a potential violation. I know most hackers think that the government is God, but they are neither all-seeing nor all-knowing. If you get fired in a way that violates your freedom of speech or violates labour rights, you have to sue and at least get the government involved before you complain about not having any rights.

So did he or she sue?