February 25, 2007
Do you know anyone who's been Zumboed?
Zumbo is a new verb, closely related to the noun, Fudd (pl.: Fudds).
To understand the etymology of Zumbo and Fudd, you'll need to read this great post, summing up the biggest grass-roots protest by gun owners you never heard about anyplace but on the web.
It's also a tremendous example of the power of the internet -- and the responsiveness of big corporations to the anger of their customers, made possible thanks to blogs and e-mail.
But if you want a thumbnail sketch, Tamara said it best.
On Friday evening, a gunwriter who was apparently tired of his 42-year career put his word processor in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
Career suicide by blog. A cautionary tale, reinforcing the basic truth that freedom of speech does not carry with it a guarantee of freedom from the consequences of what you say.
Free speech: you said it, you own it.
Posted by Mike Lief at February 25, 2007 12:58 PM
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