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Crafted of brass set with a round moonstone cabochon, Pamela Love's whimsical choker features eye-shaped links.
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Native New Yorker Pamela Love debuted her eponymous collection in 2007, crafting chunky, oversized jewelry in her Brooklyn apartment. Influenced by American folklore, Love's statement-making sterling silver and bronze creations are often sculpted into arrowheads and talons.
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Amazing! Fantastic! Loved the Tryp Peninsula
We stayed at the Tryp Peninsula on the advice of our travel agent and couldn't have asked for a better place to be. We were there January 5-12, and it was a bit cool in the evenings, but what a fantastic resort! Everything was great - the beach, the beautiful pool, the lobby bar where we hung out on the one day it rained. The staff was excellent too - when we wanted to change rooms, it took less than an hour to get a better room! I would recommend anyone to go to this resort. We hope to make it back again someday soon. Don't forget to check out the nightly entertainment and the trip to Havana. Our tour guide on the Havana excursion was fantastic (word of advice - take your own T.P. on the trip. Bathrooms in Havana don't have any!)
Take our advice - it's the best money you'll spend going to Cuba!
They built it-but forgot to hire the staff
Just returned from TRYP Peninsula Veradero and have read other reviews of the resort. Actually, it was other reviews which prompted us to go there in the first place so perhaps one should not place too much stock in them.
This is a very nice resort, still on it's first coat of paint, so to speak. Rooms are large and clean, the chambermaids are excellent, the grounds are well maintained, as is the beach.
Check in is very difficult if you arrive with a large group of people.
Food is bland and the buffet is understaffed which leads to lines for food.
Service is OK if you tip.
I cannot stress this next point enough...THERE IS NO KIDS CLUB!!!
If you are a single or a couple, or want to spend all your time with your kids, then this resort is better than most of the others in Veradero. If you are expecting a Club Med or Club Maeva experience (we have been to both), i.e. there will be well trained, energetic staff and an organized kids club, go somewhere else.
The Kids Club has been built, but there are only 2-3 untrained teenage girls in place. There is no sign in or sign out, the club has not been enclosed or in any way separated from the rest of the resort, and the place is just plain dangerous. The first day we went, there were only about 15 kids in the club, and it was mayhem. After that most of the parents resigned themselves to the fact that they had just paid a lot of money for a change in the weather.
We did the research, made the calls and emails, and had our travel agent call the resort just to be sure; and in the brochure the resort is listed as having a kids club-but it just isn't true.
If I were to go to Veradero again with only my wife, I would consider staying here, but if you are traveling with kids you can get much better deals elsewhere for less money.
Do go on the Havana tour, the jungle tour, and the safari. The tour guides are very knowledgeable and outside of Veradero, the Cuban people are friendly and accommodating, and the music is incredible. The kids had a much better time outside of the resort
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My 2 sisters and I (ages 22, 24, 27) stayed at this hotel Jan 1 - 7 2002...we had never been on an all-inclusive vacation...what a great first experience!!! The staff are hilarious, fun and friendly...we went out with them at night numerous times...the food was awesome, but I am not a picky eater...my sisters were getting bored of it towards the end. The snack bars are terrific and service is prompt. The beach was great, the pool was great and the activities were fun...it's all about your attitude...not as many young single people as we would have liked, but we met enough friends....all in all, an awesome time at a first class place...Oh, don't go over New Year's, if I have one complaint, it wasn't hot enough.
" I SAY A HEY, A HA , A HA......." This song will haunt you in a irratable but fun kind of way. THis is the review for you. IÂ'm gona say it like it is Che!
This is my two bits.... I read the reviews before I went and feel I should send some back.
I'm in Vancouver now and just came home, hours ago, from a week in cuba, at the tryp pen. Its out of town bout 18 km and 15 minutes on moped or taxi or bus.
The weather was bit cloudy for 3 and sunny for 4 - not bad for a canuck and the fact thatÂ's its raining hard in 'Bancovuer.' IÂ'm still white but my girl got a slight tan.
The Front desk, brace yourself. Probably the worst service in the entire place. "Sorry, you have to come back tommorrow". Be persistant and things will happen. We changed rooms because our first one was a little bit odourous – not stinky – just some old smoke hanging around. Not that bad. We also wanted to be close to the beach.
The rooms – clean, no bugs, comfortable, the chamber maid was great. We left her little things everyday such as make-up, shirt, old purse, etc. She makes these crazy shapes ( ie. swan ) with the towels everyday.
FOOD- Kinda depends on your sense of humour. It was an average of 6 / 10 and this fluctuated from one to nine. Pick your places to eat and don't be too focused on food. If you're a chef-boy-are –dee; you should go somewhere else.
Cayo Coco- never did it – heard it was ok.
Tocorocco- Not bad for dining. 7.5/10
Gondola-italian great for pizza thin crust and pasta. The best one.
Laguna-AVOID AVOID- cold food, not cooked meat, no selection. YUK!!!
Buffet- OK. Basics with occasional flare. Preasuato (spelling) , carmalized banana, pastas, lots of eggs, meat, breads. Running icecream – how hard is this, come on….They should learn how to wash the table. The servers just set what was used up and leave the other unused utentsils. Otherwise the servers are pretty good.
Bars Booze and booze. Have a cigar and shoot the , well you know. Try the pina colodaÂ's, MOJITO (Cuba drink)
Beaches were great – beautiful colors but not a lot of topless European women; darn it. Wide selection of the watersports, white sand, tons of speedos…..
Do tip buck here and there. They guys make from ten to $45 per month.
DO rent a moped at the hotel ( $25/ 24 hours USD) or $9 then 3 after each hour-fits 2 people. Safe and worth every penny. Go to the golf course and up the the DUPONT mansion - have a cofee on the third floor and enjoy the breathtaking view.
Do take the SUNSET CATAMARAN TOUR for $70 usd. Booze, snorkle, lobster lunch, and kiss a dolphin. We were feeling pretty good by the end of the tour. Our friends, who we met at the resort, loved it. Ray was full of laughsÂ….
DO rent a Taxi and go to HAVANAH. We spent $140 for a taxi and a guide. 4 of us split the cost at $35 each instead of the bus price of $70. Rode four two hours each way to and from Havanah in a 1952 Buick – cuba style. Saw the sites on our own terms and for as long as we wanted. (((Unlike the bus tours which our friends did and felt like cattle on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus…. Talk to a HOTEL Worker. They will set you up. We spoke with one of the guys in entertainment. Don't want to put his name in this review – the hotel likes to support the Bus and not the Taxi tour. However, the taxi guy, ("LOCO or EDWARDO") has a valid license to take these trips. I understand the resort WORKERS will not rip you off when making these excursions or when buying buying rum or cigars. Just One complaint and they get fired from there ultimate dream job and are not permitted to apply in the tourism industry for the next 5 years. Crazy eh!
Buy Cigars from Havanah factory for a good price( best/good ones are COHIBA, MONTE CRISTO, ROMEO AND JULIET etc). Best price would be from the Hotel worker—NOT some guy off the street. You might buy some Banana leaves or some poor quality- or the real thing- it's a RISK. I never looked into this.
Overall a great experience with a few twists. Mexico is more consistant for the money and caters a bit more to the Canadian culture.BUT its CUBA and Fidel has the wheel. Focus on the good and tolerate the "cultural differences". Go for the rum, the cigars, the beaches, Havanah, and the catamaran tours. Good place to relax and vistit. Don't plan on going back to this resort but will go back to Cuba. Next trip will try out Breezes or Beaches
Yours truly,
28 year old, Federal employee, male, Traveled to Mexico 4 times plus all of SE ASIA, Europe, etcÂ…
Great TRYP
I went to the TRYP last year with a group of about 30 college coeds. We had a great time.
The beach was great, the resort was fantastic.
The night life at the resort left a little to be desired, but the staff was more than willing to take us out on the town when they had nights off.
I don't think anyone that went with us had a bad time. I'll defenetly be back.
Honeymoon bliss
My husband and I stayed at the Tryp Peninsula in September 2002 for two blissful weeks.
The hotel really is first class, I'm fussy when it comes to hotels and I couldn't fault the hotel for cleanliness and comfort. Furthermore the amenities were excellent, 2 large pools, (we didn't find the kids pool until the last few days - we were gutted as it was gorgeous!)
It was quiet when we went but the staff still carried on with all the shows and all the watersports etc..they are really friendly too. The food was good quality and you could visit the a la carte restaurants as often as you like.
On to the beach... well it was fabulous, the hotel is right on the beach and as I said before ...BLISS..
Overall the hotel was quiet but first class service and accommodation.
Something special
we, my wife, two sons and myself (from Belgium) had something we will never forget : on the date of 15/07/2001 we had the honnour to officialy open the above hotel (in fact our son of 5 years cut the ribbon and thereby declared the hotel open). It was amazing : our family, together with 6 other people were all alone in the resort. We could choose our rooms, everything was brandnew. The staff was so glad to see tourists at last.
Although everything was perfect there was also 1 other thing we will never forget : the mosquitos. I don't know how it is now, but then it was terrible. The staff told us it was there revenge to the people who took their habitat...
Some weeks ago we went to Mexico. Because the plane made a stop in Varadero, during the landing we had a great view on the resort and could see the other hotel (the red buildings) is also finished now. Unforgetable stay in the Tryp.
Tryp Varadero
We just got back from the Tryp a few weeks ago. The beach is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! The resort was spectacular! The rooms were clean...and comfortable. . The pool is nice with a good Snack bar. We had no problems with water..bottled water was provided. The staff and service was satisfactory but if you tip the service is excellent. Breakfast was always good..... dinner and lunch was o.k. if you're not a picky eater. It's the wrong place if you are single and looking for night life. It's a good place for family and couples to relax very romantic in the evenings. Make sure you bring Tylenol's, Peptobis-mol etc. Our last day there ..I had stomach problems and needed Peptobis-mol or anything with bismuth subsalicylate. The gift shop was useless. There was a doctor at the resort, but she could barely speak English. She had no medication, she wrote a $ 85.00 prescription for drug I never heard off. We rented a scooter, went to the pharmacy and explained the situation. She was able to find us tablets similar to Peptobis-mol for $35 no selection. Other from that, it was a good vacation and it was worth staying at the Tryp. The day we were leaving our maid wrote us a letter wishing us luck and left flowers in the room. I would definitely go back again.
Can't wait to return...
We visited the TRYP Peninsula from April 19-26, 2002. An amazing vacation. Beautiful, clean accomodations, amazing staff, great pools and a pretty nice beach.
From the moment the bus pulled up to the hotel, we were in awe. What a beautiful place.
Although the food at the buffet left something to be desired, the a la carte restaurants were great, especially the Italian restaurant. Real white-glove service. Great kids area for the young ones, including a wading pool and kids pool with water slides, a great playground built to resemble a pirate ship, supervised activities and a kids snack bar. My 5-year-old had a blast.
The 24-hour lobby bar serves a mean Mai Tai and the nightly entertainment was varied and elaborate (although start times - 10:00 pm - were a bit late for the little ones to enjoy!)
The grounds were immaculately kept and the rooms were likewise. Bottled water was restocked daily.
Many activities available at the beach including all types of water sports (motorized and non). We took a day-trip (non-inclusive)on a catamarn to swim with the dolphins, snorkel and enjoy a lobster lunch on the beach at nearby Cayo Coco. Unforgetable!!!
I would recommend this vacation to anyone looking to build wonderful memories.
TRYP Penninsula Resort
Tryp Penninsula....January 2002...one of the coldest Januarys Cuba has ever been in.
A beautyful Resort...cannot say anything will be disappointing. The best place to stay if you really want Rest and Relaxation. There is a man who works on the beach at Resort who really loves Canadian Flags. (Take him one as I'm not sure that he got ours as we left it with some people from Alberta instead of the travel agent from Ontario.)
The trip to Havana is a must for sure!
The rooms are better than excellent! The pool excellent (but cold in January 2002). The entertainment crew are either overworked and tired or a tad bit stuckup or shy...not sure but the serving crew in Buffet are friendly.
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Cuba's newest restaurant district....Cardènas!
How often have you heard...How was your trip to Cuba? And the answer is quite often "great except for the food"! Well ask these same travellers if they happen to leave the circus type city that surrounds the resorts and I am sure the answer will be No! I have to say that we have had some good meals at higher end resorts...but seriously how good can Buffett lines really be and the el a-carte restaurants are actually the same food just dressed up a bit. But ...
May 31 - Varadero. We left Cienfuegos for Varadero the tourist area for a night just to experience the beaches. It took about 2 + hours from Cienfuegos as most was on side roads thru small towns. Quite a ride. We arrived in
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For the rest of my trip, I spent in the beach talking to the locals and other tourists. I also hop on the tour bus and headed to downtown Varadero - spent enough hours.
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... Our guide was fantastic, he speaks great English and is interesting, relaxed and quite playful, and imitating my accent…He told us about the simple life of the local people there. He knows many things in many fields. That made our trip more interesting.
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Graphic novels | BookScan's list of the Top 20 graphic novels sold in bookstores in August is an eclectic mix of old and new, superheroes and other genres. The top seller, for the second month in a row, is the deluxe edition of Batman: The Killing Joke, with hardy perennials Fun Home, American Born Chinese and Watchmen all making the charts, probably because of school assignments. Manga does well, with the two most recent volumes of Naruto, two volumes of Attack on Titan, the first two volumes of Tokyo Ghoul and the seventh volume of Monster Musume all making the cut. Phoebe Gloeckner's The Diary of a Teenage Girl also charted, as did the first volume of Saga and the 22nd volume of Fables. [ICv2]
Passings| Underground artist Stephen "The Pizz" Pizzuro has died at age 57. Pizzuro, who described his work as "Lowbrow," started his professional career as an artist for Rat Fink Comics before moving on to do album covers and, later, gallery art. [Hi Fructose]
Legal | DC Comics has filed a trademark lawsuit against clothing manufacturer Mad Engine, claiming one of its T-shirt designs infringes on the iconic Superman shield (it replaces the signature "S" with "Dad"). The shirt was sold through Target, which isn't part of the suit. DC sent a cease-and-desist letter to Mad Engine on June 1, but, the publisher claims, the clothing company didn't respond until June 19 "in an effort to allow the Infringing T-Shirt to remain available for sale through Father's Day." [The Hollywood Reporter]
Retailing | David Harper asked 25 comics retailers how they feel about their business (spoiler: mostly optimistic), what their customer base is like, how they determine which comics to order (some really interesting comments here), and their thoughts on the industry as a whole. With the caveat that it's a small group, it's fascinating stuff. [Sktchd]
Conventions | Although the planned $500 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center is, by all appearances, dead, Comic-Con International isn't ready to say what it will do when its contract expires in 2016. "With regard to the convention center expansion, I can say that any decision to remain in San Diego has always been dependent upon a number of factors, and no one issue could really trump the others," says David Glanzer, Comic-Con's director of marketing and public relations. He notes that organizers previously worked with the city, convention center and hotels to expand programming venues, and they continue to discuss such issues as "space, hotel rates and other logistical factors that need to be addressed if we are to remain in San Diego."
The proposed expansion would have added 740,000 square feet of exhibit space, a five-acre rooftop park, a waterfront promenade with retail shops and restaurants, and a second, 500-room tower to the adjacent Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. However, a California appeals court ruled Aug. 1 that a planned hotel tax intended to pay for the bulk of the costs was unconstitutional, as it was never put to a citywide vote. Anaheim and Los Angeles attempted to woo Comic-Con away from San Diego in 2010. [ICv2.com]
Editorial cartoons | The public-relations consultant hired by the city of Murrieta, California, after residents protested the arrival of refugee children to be processed there, told cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz that referring to Murietta as "Hate City USA" was "actionable." "There IS a fine line between your constitutional right to draw cartoons and expressed (sic) your opinions," Hermosillo wrote in a comment on Alcaraz's Facebook page, "and falsely, deliberately, and maliciously labeling and attacking an entire community as racist or as 'Hate City.' You are working overtime to damage Murrieta and such a false premise is actionable. There's a fine line between humor and stupidity. You may have crossed that line at your own peril." Murrieta spokesperson Kim Davidson walked that back, however, saying the city has no plans to sue Alcaraz. [The Press Enterprise]
If you're not already aware of Garry Brown's art from Brian Wood's The Massive, you'll be introduced to his distinctively eye-catching work on Wednesday with the release of Marvel's Iron Patriot #1 .
The five-issue miniseries finds Brown teaming with writer Ales Kot to craft the new adventures of former Secret Avenger Jim Rhodes (while it is currently a miniseries, as noted in this late January tweet by Kot: " … there is room for more if the series does well. We might just extend if so"). Given that Brown is a 2010 graduate of The Kubert School, I took the opportunity in this brief interview to also discuss that experience and its impact on him.
Comics sales | ICv2 unpacks February's miserable direct market sales numbers a bit, noting that for the second month in a row just one comic — in this case, Batman #28 — sold more than 100,000 copies, indicating weakness at the top of the list. Since September 2011, when the most recent "growth spurt" began, at least two comics have sold more than 100,000 copies each month; however, that streak ended with the first two months of 2014. One cause of the poor sales may be the unusually cold winter, which meant higher heating bills and thus less disposable income for some folks. ICv2 also has a separate analysis of dollar sales and the charts of the top 300 comics and graphic novels of the month. [ICv2]
When I set out to conduct an interview, particularly when it's focused on one project, I usually expect the conversation to go in a certain direction. I concede that this Q&A with Zero writer Ales Kot surprised me in its ability to venture into a variety of topics, including genetic memory, synchronicity and the importance of honesty in branding.
Zero #5 goes on sale Jan. 22, followed Feb. 19 by the release of the first trade paperback.
Tim O'Shea: How early in the development of Zero did you realize you wanted to use a variety of artists?
Ales Kot: Pretty much right in the beginning, if I remember correctly. The choice was a storytelling decision and a way to work with many artists I am interested in at the same time. I believe a narrative doesn't have to be conventional in the way it is depicted (i.e. one artist for the story) in order to achieve clear communication of itself. Clearly I am right but really how hard is that to figure out? People who read comics are smart and wonderful and hungry for new stories and new ways of telling them. We live in a world that carries easiness of sensory overload within itself and our encounters with said sensory overload can teach us how to modulate/expand our perceptions. We are mutants. My approach to Zero is that of acknowledging and embracing evolution as a gift. That is one of the reasons why a variety of artists is correct here. Another reason would be because I simply felt like it.
Our annual "Looking Forward, Looking Back" feature continues, as we ask various comics folks what they liked in 2013, what they're looking forward to in 2014 and what projects they have planned for the coming year. In this round, see what Kurt Busiek, Corinna Bechko, Jeffrey Brown, Andrea Sorrentino, Jon Proctor, Steve Lieber, Ales Kot, Dennis Culver, Victor Santos and Declan Shalvey had to say.
And if you missed them, be sure to check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, where we heard from Jimmy Palmiotti, Tim Seeley, Chris Roberson, Faith Erin Hicks and many more. And we still have plenty to go, so check back Thursday to hear from more creators!
Awards | Gilbert Hernandez is the recipient of the 2013 PEN Center USA award for outstanding body of work in graphic literature. Drawn and Quarterly announced the honor along with news that it will publish Hernandez's next graphic novel, Bumperhead. [The Comics Reporter]
Conventions | "SPX is all about the hugs," says Heidi MacDonald, who relegates her business piece on the Small Press Expo to Publishers Weekly and turns to her blog to discuss not only her impressions but what folks were saying on social media. [The Beat]
If you're still undecided about picking up the collection of Change, out today from Image Comics, your decision may have just gotten a whole lot easier: The first issue of the apocalyptic miniseries by Ales Kot and Morgan Jeske is now available for free online from Image, comiXology and, as a PDF, the writer's website.
"It's apocalypse in Los Angeles; apocalypse as a universal event, apocalypse as a personal event," Kos writes. "Change is a SF action thriller that will, hopefully, bend your mind something fresh."
ROBOT 6's Mark Kardwell made the trade paperback his pick of the week, ."It has a fairly pulpy-sounding plot: Lovecraftian creatures bring about the end of the world […] but Kot is too interesting a writer for the story to play out in anything other than an original manner." You can get a little sneak peek below.
Welcome to "Cheat Sheet," ROBOT 6′s guide to the week ahead. Between a release party at Bergen Street Comics for the collections of Change and Strange Attractors and (deep breath) Wizard World Comic Con NYC Experience, New York City appears to be the place for comics events this week.
But before you start packing your bags, there's a healthy list of new releases arriving in stores Wednesday, ranging from the aforementioned Change, by Ales Kot and Morgan Jeske, to the debut of Lazarus, which reunites Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. But that barely scratches the surface.
It's become an annual tradition during our birthday bash: No matter how much stuff we line up, people we interview, etc., there are still tons of people we like to hear from and include in our giant New Year's/anniversary/birthday activities. So, as we have in past years, we have asked various comics folks what they liked in 2012 and what they are excited about for 2013.
Check out Part One, and keep reading to see more of what people shared with us, including details on their upcoming projects. Our thanks to everyone who responded this year. Also, thanks again to Tim O'Shea, Michael May and Chris Arrant, who helped collect responses.
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Thirty-six questions. Six answers. One random number generator. Welcome to Robot Roulette, where creators roll the virtual dice and answer our questions about their lives, careers, interests and more.
Today Ales Kot steps up to the wheel. You know him from such works as Wild Children, Change, Zero and The Surface. Check out his website for more information.
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By most accounts, 2012 has been a damn fine year for Image Comics. Ales Kot was one of the many independent creators involved in this success, given the July release of Wild Children (the writer's graphic novel collaboration with Riley Rossmo). Wednesday sees the debut of his new Image miniseries (with artist Morgan Jeske) Change. In October, we offered a preview of the project, about "a struggling screenwriter/successful car thief, an obscenely wealthy astronaut and a dying cosmonaut on his way back to Earth". After reading this interview, be sure to check out Comic Book Resource's interview with Kot regarding his other upcoming Image projects, Zero and The Surface.
Tim O'Shea: What prompted you to open Issue 1 with quotes from electro duo Holy Ghost's 2011 song Do It Again and Sylvia Plath's The Rival?
Ales Kot: The Holy Ghost quote alludes to separation, tuning things out, not paying attention, not seeing the full picture. The Plath quote is about the other, the shadow we all carry with us, the beauty and terror intertwined. Both quotes reflect some of the key themes of the comic.
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To ejaculate, usually into or onto something (more than likely an innanimate object)
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Spaffing is the act of simulating an ejaculation by spitting on a partners back, this is most commonly used in stage one of a houdini.
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i'm guessing a certain someone has a vast collection of images of young children on their computer. empathy is a great implicator.
Repeat after me… Supply does not create a market. Demand creates a market. (Illegal or otherwise.)
i'm with you, erica. that's effed up.
i thought the ethical obligation was to keep people in wheelchairs off of express busses.
You must have caught the recent Desperate Housewives storyline where Lynette gratuitously ruined her new neighbor's life, incited a mini-riot, got him fired from his job and caused his sister to die of a stress related heart attack all because she broke into his house and found some pictures of boys in swimsuits. He was a youth swim coach and she assumed he was a pedophile then got the whole neighborhood worked up into a frenzy about it.
Now, the writers took the easy way out and revealed that he really was a pedophile, but what if he wasn't? I've seen some 20 year old college students that look 14. Shouldn't we give most people the benefit of the doubt and stop spying and getting caught up in the US Culture of Fear and Hysteria?
You're both wrong, Erica. Clearly, the ethical thing to do is mention the company's policy on Internet usage and then mention how much your wife has been wanting to see Hawaii.
Komrade Kriminal, we should all be fearful and suspicious of our neighbors. Get with it. Or else, Freedom Hater.
Is this, like, because of the supposed difference (which I've never really understood) between "morals" and "ethics"? i.e., one may have a moral obligation to report the boss, yet an ethical duty to keep silent?
No. There is no overt evidence of wrongdoing, so the ethicist is saying that we should give the boss the benefit of the doubt and not ruin his life. Morals are not involved since there is no clear evidence that morals have been violated. The company's internet policy is another, separate issue.
6 is funny. And true.
But seriously, this isn't that hard. The easiest solution is to report that he is storing pornography on his *work* computer in the first place. There aren't many corporate environments that would be ok with that, and that alone should be enough to get the wheels of the machine moving.
If it happens to be underage kids as well then the employer can make that determination and choose the appropriate course of action. Either way they should be in the position to make or not make accusations and include authorities. They're better suited to handle the possible liability if it turns out to be false. After all. They have a legal dept. You don't have shit. Not a hard call if it were me.
btw, your link is invalid.
People. Honestly. The only reason to have porn on your work computer as the president of a company is that:
1. You work for a porn company.
2. You work for a porn company.
3. You work for a porn company.
It's entirely possible that S.M.N. is a mandated reporter - here in the U.S., when photo developers find pics of kids in compromising situations, they're required to call the police.
Lord. I'll never think of Randy Cohen as anything but a creepy-ass pedophile again.
Here's a link that works.
I had to go find the column before commenting, because it wasn't at all clear from Erica's summary what sort of porn was under discussion.
Having read the letter (no doubt edited for length), it seems that a part of the problem here is that the writer has clearly used the term "children" to describe post-pubescent people who may or may not be minors.
What that means, and I think Dan "teens are teh hott" Savage would back me up here, is that the boss in question is not a pedophile.
It also suggests that the porn-discovering computer technician isn't very familiar with internet porn. Or with the habits of professionals who have doors on their offices, for that matter.
And then there's the question of whether or not it's ethical for a worker to go poking around in the private directories of other employees, no? This seems to me like a rather important bit of professional ethics for a computer technician, so why wasn't that addressed in the column?
The Ethicist made the right call, here, I think, though not for the right reasons.
I think the phrase that sums it up is "clearly less than 18." Sounds like he knows for certain that it is not adult porn involving consenting adults. Child porn is illegal and very wrong. If he is worried about his job, what happens when he keeps his mouth shut it comes up later... cover-ups often implicate everyone involved, and since he has seen it, he is, unfortunately, now involved. I imagine the company he works for would not likely side with a child-porn collector over a whistle-blower. Unless he works for the government... Or big oil.
To assume a devil's advocate position: There are ethical considerations involved in snitching, too, although it seems more supportable if you call it "whistle-blowing."
If having questionable content on one's hard-drive is to be the new default reputation-destroying crime we can expect to see lots of people being charged with this very soon. Since even the accusation of pedophilia is essentially damning and since almost nobody with a computer is completely aware of everything that's on their hard drive (given that we live in a time when programs routinely download themselves into our systems and begin doing their work, which is very often of questionable legality, behind the scenes of normal operations) this could be a method of blackmail and political revenge that would've made J. Edgar Hoover salivate. Hell, you wouldn't even have to break in to plant the evidence -- it could be done remotely. Back in Hoover's day they would've had to go to all the trouble of acquiring incriminating photos of somebody to smear them -- this is much easier.
Not to say that's the case here, but I just wanted to point out that there are potential ethical downsides to making it everybody's duty to police their neighbor's activities in this way. Since almost nobody is going to even want to appear to be standing up for child pornography, it seems inevitable that any number of means could be devised to circumscribe civil liberties in the name of catching perverts. And, as we're seeing more and more, once civil liberties have been cast aside in the name of protecting us from some grave, pressing danger they can be very difficult to regain.
do the right thing:
the phrase is not "clearly less than 18," the phrase is "clearly less than 18, maybe early teens."
I'd say that if a person can't tell if a Post-Pubescent Naked Person is 13 or 17, then that person doesn't know the PPNP is under 18, either.
Oh, and incidentally, I've tried to keep any assumptions I may have about the gender of the people and PPNPs out of the discussion. Are you assuming the porn-discoverer is a man, or is that just the "generic third-person masculine" you're using?
The Ethicist is wrong in this case. Or at least probably wrong.
His major gripe is that the tech has no proof that the porn is of minors, and therefore shouldn't ruin the career/reputation of the boss. That is a legit viewpoint. On the other hand, the tech clearly believes the porn IS of minors. While I agree it is possible that the tech could be wrong, and that the "minors" are really very young looking adults, we are just speculating.
So really, it comes down to two opposing obligations: (A) not ruining the boss's career without adequate proof, and (B) reporting child pornography.
If the porn was everyday run of the mill porn, then the tech should shut the fuck up. However, since the tech seems pretty certain that it is CHILD porn, then the duty to report it supercedes the duty to mind their own business. It isn't up to the tech to determine absolute proof. That is the job of the police, who hopefully are professional enough not to ruin the boss's reputation without a proper investigation.
BTW, this is exactly one of the reasons most companies forbid any sort of porn on company computers, legal or otherwise. No doubt the company would rather avoid all this too.
hmmm... not enough information, so I would have to disagree and go with Cohen's advice... do nothing (or do something, but on a smaller scale that would let the user know "those pictures ain't cool with me". Maybe the tech could just delete the pictures (with or without backup) under the guise of "no non-work related activities on a company machine." Techs do that with games everyday… a clear violation of company policy, but no one gets fired or makes a federal case out of it.
It does bother me that some of the photos look "of age" and the others "young". To me that means there could be some legal age models showing a wild hairy bush and some models with trim or just completely shaved. If that tech had not seen American made porno for the last 10 or 15 years (a possible thing), then seeing a 19 year old naked, without pubes, in a sexual act, would be shocking. That tech could be completely oblivious that EVERYONE in the cool, men and women, go in for the short trimmed/shaved/waxed-off pubes these days.
I take it, then, that you don't have any problem with computer technicians who go snooping around in the private folders of other employees?
There are, of course, other options available to the porn-discoverer, and The Ethicist's suggestion that it's either shut up or go to the cops is pernicious.
The Ethicist managed to find an expert in kiddie porn. Why can't the porn-discoverer do the same? Just show a few of the photos in question to an expert first, and ask "is this child pornography, or isn't it?" Or how about hiring a private detective to figure it out?
If the tech is not capable of telling whether or not they're minors AND his company has a policy about internet use/porn, he *should* report it to his supervisor and/or the police and let it go from there. By saying nothing he is being complicit, if not tacitly approving.
This reminds me of the guys who talk/brag/joke about taking advantage of women who are too drunk or fucked up to consent to sex.
Andrew, I was very irritated by the pedophile story line in "Desparate Housewives". I thought Lynette was being a bitch, and I prefer to think that that would-be pedophile guy said what he did just to fuck with her. All he said was that now that his sister was dead, he didn't have to watch himself. That can mean anything.
(Sorry to go on about Desparate Housewives, but that storyline REALLY bothered me, and it's one of the few TV shows I make a point of watching. )
As far as the ethicist goes, that is a tough one. I think the person should definitely be confronted about it, either directly (why's this on your computer?) or indirectly (the oblique statement about the corporate policy) If the answer is not satisfactory, then the authorities should be bought in. After all, isn't it possible that the pics could have been planted? I work for a company that had a huge amount of layoffs. Within a few weeks of that event, the remaining employees started receiving incredibly graphic porn spam of every imaginable variety, and there were a few incidents where people hacked into our network.
there is no such thing as a private employee file on a computer provided by the employer. It isn't you computer and you don't have reasonable expectation to keep "private" files on a corporate resource. read your company's computing policy, it most likely explicitly states that you do not have such a right and by signing your contract when you were hired you agreed to abide by all company policies. people need to understand that if your employer wants to read every file on your computer, they can. and some do. ever hear of network software that analyzes image files on any computer connected to the network? If the image contains enough pixels that match the common hex values for flesh tones they'll flag your machine as having a possible pron stash?
the tech is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the machine and the IT department as a whole is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the network. That means absolutely everything on your machine is subject to scrutiny. Nothing should be on your computer or in your email that you wouldn't want displayed on a plasma screen in the lobby.
Since even the accusation of pedophilia is essentially damning and since almost nobody with a computer is completely aware of everything that's on their hard drive (given that we live in a time when programs routinely download themselves into our systems and begin doing their work, which is very often of questionable legality, behind the scenes of normal operations) this could be a method of blackmail and political revengeYou're responsible for your computer. You are aboslutely right that someone could blackmail you with something like that, so it's especially important that you are diligent with what you put on your computer. Most corporate machines are configured so that users need to login to use the computer, and any files that they can create/edit are usually restricted to directories only accessible by the user themselves and domain admins. It would be hard to "plant" such files on someone's computer unless someone is logged in as that user. This shouldn't happen unless the user is stupid and shares their password with co-workers, uses an easy to guess password, writes the password on a piece of paper taped to the back of their keyboard, or is just generally irresponsible with the security of their account.
If the porn was everyday run of the mill porn, then the tech should shut the fuck up. However, since the tech seems pretty certain that it is CHILD porn, then the duty to report it supercedes the duty to mind their own business. It isn't up to the tech to determine absolute proof. That is the job of the police, who hopefully are professional enough not to ruin the boss's reputation without a proper investigation.Even if it IS just run of the mill type porn the tech should report it. If you're storing pron on your WORK COMPUTER you're a DUMB SHIT and deserve to get exposed. If it's run of the mill porn then the employer can put the user on probation, revoke computing rights, or possibly install filters to make sure that they're not SURFING PORN when they should be WORKING. They could fire them, too.
Has anyone suggested blackmail yet? If so, I'm with them.
I still think Gitai with comment #6 has the correct response. By bringing the issue to his boss directly, SNM doesn't explode the situation into the mediasphere prematurely, ANd he can treat his boss as a person first, yet also bring to bear the socially normative pressures of shame, guilt, personal inconvenience, and fear, in order to correct the boss's stupid behaviour.
(If the pics are sabotage, or real error, then that would probably come out between them with no public loss of face to anyone).
So many people want to exact the most extreme justice first, instead of learning how to do things more calmly with a bit of skill. I disagree with the Ethicist too, saying that silence is proper. That's bullshit. There is a serious wrong there, and the precise amount of power to deal with it properly.
If the boss IS a sicko, then the technician should approach the boss with the purpose of -- together -- tracking down the child pornographers themselves, putting the boss on the right moral path, and in contact with police thereby scaring the bejeezus out of him, using the potential blackmail to ensure his cooperation. This route would probably result in the boss's likely road-to-rehabilitation trip as well. If it doesn't, or doesn't look like it might, the technician should stipulate up front that the boss seek help (or else!), as well as get the trip to Hawaii on the boss's personal dime. This will take guts to do.
Perhaps SNM doesn't have what it takes to do this; in which case he should probably just meekly quit immediately, indicate to the boss that this is why he is quitting (using guilt to hopefully reform the boss), and then go seek a living as a land mine testing assistant.
RobotSlave: as a technician myself, I can attest there are quite a few ways to innocently encounter ostensibly "personal" data on a corporate laptop. Simple keyword searches for legit documents can reveal all sorts of things, for example. Once you have seen something, you can't un-know it, and are henceforth implicated. And yes, the tech should find an expert first and determine if it's the real (if terrible,) deal with the pics.
Charles is largely right on: Don't be stupid. If Work bought it, don't play with it. Keep it on a Flash drive or in gmail or something. (I don't agree with Charles that you should just follow codes because they're there, especially corporate codes. Think for yourself first. At what point is it best to relinquish your power to the authorities or the State?)
Charles: It's important to distinguish between legal and ethical dilemmas. I agree that there probably isn't a legal dilemma here: The discoverer is almost certainly obligated to report it if he suspects it is child pron, and may well be under an obligation to the company that employs him to report any pron whatsoever.
However I find the "let the cops and courts sort it out" answers that I see here to be problematic because they more or less assume that the criminal justice system will automatically produce a fair and just resolution. If you've ever talked to somebody who lived in former communist bloc countries, for example, you'll find that many of them have very different views on one's ethical obligation to turn in a neighbor they suspect of wrongdoing.
Another example, closer to home: one especially fun aspect of the Drug War has been programs for school-age kids that encourage them to report their parents for possession. Now one could make a great case that a parent who was, say, addicted to meth was probably neglecting their kid and thus should be turned in, and thus in that instance such a program might produce a benefit. But there would also doubtless be cases where kids turned in their parents for relatively harmless infractions based on assurances from the nice officer who came to their school that it was the right thing to do and everything would work out fine in the end.
Until we live in a society of perfectly just laws and enforcement, there will be instances when following the letter of the law is not the most ethical option. There will be instances where one's legal obligations are quite clear but one's ethical considerations are not. So your statement that "the whole "ethical dilemma" is a totally stupid non-issue" sort of misses the point: A.) ethics and the law are two seperate (thought related) things and B.) the person was writing to an ethics advice column, not a legal advice column.
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Go to your boss, tell him what you found on his computer, and ask him how much he's willing to pay for you to keep your mouth shut about it. A BIG promotion maybe. Or a sizeable lump-sum payment. And whenever you're running a little low on cash, send him a reminder. I guarantee he will lose his appetite for kiddie porn. Oh. And watch your back. Weasels like him have been known to cut
and run.
(I don't agree with Charles that you should just follow codes because they're there, especially corporate codes. Think for yourself first. At what point is it best to relinquish your power to the authorities or the State?)I'm largely with you on that one, but when it comes to possible child porn i don't want anything to do with that period. it has trouble written all over it and i'd cover my ass because that sounds like an adventure that i'd rather not have, lol.
Clint Eastwood had the greatest answer to this in _High Plains Drifter_. Asked what to do after all the killing, he says, "You live with it."
What the person should do is whatever he can so he can look at himself in the mirror every morning.
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