Reading a little farther in the news story:
>> "The whole blogging thing was so new back then, I never expected
>> anyone to find it and read it," said Burch, who was fired in May
>> 2004. "I wrote in the blog to let off steam, not stir things up, but
>> they viewed my e-mail signature as some kind of open invitation to
>> read those comments."
> Huh? She put a link in her e-mail signature but didn't want people to
> view it as an "open invitation to read" things that were published on > the Web?
> This is *exactly* like the "Don't tell my boss about my cocaine habit"
> type of postings we would occasionally see in the early days of
> newsgroups.
And yet, when a co-worker "outed" himself on the company e-mail system, nobody raised an eyebrow ...
I suppose it's all right to proclaim your sexuality, as long as you aren't criticizing the company!
sigh ...