Tell me if you disagree, but I think I’ve decided that this wasn’t news, and that it is a stretch to call it a learning experience of what not to do on Twitter – as mentioned, most have the common sense not to have online fights in front of thousands. The interest in this and the viral distribution was purely for the gossip. People just love drama. Myself included I’m afraid, I reposted the conversation at one point.

I also wonder sometimes about people who host long personal conversations on Twitter through @ replies. Usually they are harmless, and I guess no different really than a message board, but do you think that is a little odd?

I agree as well, but does anyone not these days? Is it really not yet common sense to restrict what you post publicly?

I think the National Post’s reaction was timid. David should be fired for his comments. As a representative of the newspaper, his language alone and childish manner in which he conducted himself should be rules for at least a demotion.

I hope he grows up sometime soon.

April needs to be careful in the future as well. Though she handled herself with poise, she allowed herself to be drawn into that fight and ended up hurting her own reputation. A simple phone call could have made it all better.

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Rather than use these opportunities for further conversation, growth, and discovery, these situations explode out of control creating havoc to people’s lives both online and offline. This is not to say that we don’t want to be careful with what we say and post, it simply recognizes that communication has always been a challenge, and that human beings are never without fault.

As an audience, as a writer, as a businessman, a lover, husband, and father, in any role that I find myself I will make mistakes, even though I challenge myself to be the best man I can. It is responsible and accountable for our world community that permits an ability to overcome these situations. These are things we all need to learn from, not run from.