http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/07/a-chinese-worker-has-killed-himself-after-a-fourth-generation-iphone-prototype-he-was-responsible-for-disappeared---the-25-y.html?csp=34
Reported on, and supposedly responded to by Apple, a Chinese man has decided to end his life, after apparently losing a prototype of the fourth generation iPhone. Fourth generation, when counting the 3G S as a new iteration.
USAToday reports that the man was detained, his personal belongings seized, and apparently, reports circulated that he was also beaten by police.
I do not mention any of these things to make a point of the probable or improbable truth in these reports. Because who knows, and who will ever know.
As convenient as anyone may find it to believe that a Chinese company, with a foreign market and supervisor, was likely, and able to pressure police into cruel and unusual actions is one thing. It is logical, rather than convenient, to believe that their will be no truth finding commission, and no 'state inquiry.'
What I would like to point out is the reaction of those who decided to publicly voice their opinion on the matter.
Link provided again: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/07/a-chinese-worker-has-killed-himself-after-a-fourth-generation-iphone-prototype-he-was-responsible-for-disappeared---the-25-y.html?csp=34
These people deserve absolutely no attention, nor mention. But to not mark them as they are would be the greater shame.
Here is a sample:
(not exact, as between beginning and ending this post, USAToday had removed)
'Just look at them on the bus, how they stare at you...these people are the real **** tards...'
I think their should be a project to attempt to identify and log all hateful, illegal, and racist comment's made public.