Face Book and Sick Days

I was talking to a young woman the other day who had gotten into trouble with her manager who read a posting she had put on Face Book on a day she was supposed to be home sick. She was genuinely ill with one of those loose wet colds that make you back away whenever the person is near. Bored with TV, she went onto Face Book. The manager (who read the innocuous comment after her shift was over) sent a snippy note to the effect that she was glad the young person was all better.

Recently, someone else lost their job for using Face Book on a sick day. Her posting, however, was a negative comment about her boss.

Is this the sign of the future? If you are away from work, should you be banned from using Face Book? Or only for saying certain things on it? What about your emails? Should you be forbidden from replying to emails when you are sick?

Sometimes Words Are Just Words

I am glad to hear the government has put an end to trying to tinker with O Canada. I think the women who angrily demanded a rewrite of the words "in all our sons command" played right into the hands of the politicians. It allowed the Conservatives a break from working on the recession, war in Afghanistan, immigration, health care,etc. and drove the public's attention away from these issues.

Sometimes words are just words. Canada's anthem was written in French in 1880. It was translated into English in 1906. The lyrics have been rewritten twice since then taking their original form in 1980.

Yes, maybe the song should be rewritten but is now the time? I don't think many women really do feel excluded from the anthem because of "sons" being used in the universal sense.

Is there ever a time or a word that we should unite to change?