I have to admit,
Thorhatrex, that your first post was too cryptic for me, and gave me the impression that you were congratulating the cadets for standing up to management on a point of principle when the rest of Rex staff rolled over.
(Obviously, like some other readers, my ironymeter was inop. at the time.)
Old Fart Pedant alert:
You
lose something, or something is
loose, or you set something
loose - but you don't
loose something,
(or, in 'oldspeak', that will mean nothing to any reader under the age of 55, 'lose' is a verb, or a 'doing word', while 'loose' is an adverb, or a 'descriptive word'). That extra 'o' is creeping into everyday use so often now it's almost becoming accepted. Almost.
Back to the thread: with all the Political Correctness that's being rammed down our throats by the 'medja' today and the utterly blameless behaviour demanded of anyone even remotely in the public eye , I wonder how many of us Old Farts in our youth would have survived the kind of scrutiny that cell phone cameras provide in recording any misbehaviour for all to see?