Boeing communications boss resigns over sexist article he wrote in 1987
Core to any sort of social progress is the belief that people can change, and people changing.<p>I sure as heck wouldn&#x27;t want anyone judged for views they held 30 years ago. I don&#x27;t want to be judged for the views I hold today in 30 years either.<p>That goes for most actions too: Even if you murdered someone 30 years ago, if you served your time and reformed, you ought to be able to have a normal life now.<p>I&#x27;m a different person now than I was in college, and I&#x27;ll be a different person in another 30 years. I may be a better person or a worse person -- I don&#x27;t know yet -- but I definitely will not the same person I am today. I can think of few things a person might have done in 1987 which ought to affect their lives now.<p>This does not reflect well upon Boeing at all.<p>There is also an element of ageism here. Virtually anyone beyond some age will have held currently-unacceptable views at some point in their lives.