So what you're saying is the termination was just because he was the boss?
I...I don't really know how to say this more clearly.
From the very first post I made responding to you, and in this entire back and forth conversation we've had, I did not say the termination was justified or not. You keep responding to my posts in this line of conversation and writing a whole lot about whether or not he could be fired....which was not what my initial post was arguing or asking about at all.
Once again, I'm going to try to be as clear as possible...
In arguing your point about this issue you kept using a hypothetical that continually implied action between peers, coworkers, in the work place to compare to this situation. HOWEVER, this situation was not a case of peers, but of a supervisor to his subordinates.
My question was why did you keep trying to compare this to a hypothetical situation of peers, rather than one more accurate to the situation where it's a supervisor and an employee.
The reason I was asking is that in my entire professional life, I've never seen a business or government entity that tweets interactions between two peers and interactions between a boss and his subordinates as
exactly the same. In all instances I've experienced, the boss/subordinate relationship has either additional scrutiny, additional rules, or additional level of expectations regarding how they function with each other.
I am not suggesting that because it's a boss and a subordinate that inherently means his termination is just. I was suggesting that because it's a boss and a subordinate, the situation is DIFFERENT than one between two general coworkers which suggests peers. And thus I was asking why you kept seemingly coming at it from the peer perspective in your hypotheticals.
If somehow in your experience or current job the relationships/interactions between peers is exactly the same in terms of scrutiny and rules/guidelines then that would be an acceptable answer as to why you seemingly felt it wasn't necessary to use a more accurate hypothetical situation. I can't really fathom such a work experience that functions that way, but if you say yours does that would be a legit answer.
If your experience IS that there are differences between those two types of interactions...then my question is why did you keep talking about coworkers instead of a boss and his subordinates in your hypotheticals?