Except that we happened to see it and Macquarie was humiliated by it, Dave hurt no-one. So what is really so terrible you ask? Dave was in clear breach of company policy. It was not work related, it was clearly of a sexual nature, it had the capacity to offend, humiliate and intimidate. What were some of the arguments used to defend him apart from him being miserably “unlucky”? (Really? Successively opening and closing three separate photos?)

Yes, some women dress inappropriately for work and managers should not be so gutless about counselling them on professionalism. I’m certainly not asking for a double standard. Yes, open plan offices are cheap and not private so might we not moderate our behaviour according to the environment in which we work? Yes, companies do allow some personal internet use but why does that automatically have to be without limit? And sacking Dave or otherwise does not preclude any action against whomever sent him the Miranda Kerr photos (unless it was a friend and the responsibility lies only with Dave for having opened the file and not the friend who sent it from home).

We are Aussies, we have a sense of humour and the vision of what happened was kind of funny until you think about it. Life can be cruel so we desperately don’t want to think the world as we know it, is over. But for all those who enlisted in the Save Dave petition, spare a thought for his camera hosting employer who pays his wages, think of the women in his office who wonder if he ogles them too, think of his wife if he has one and think of those children in detention centres whom none of Dave’s new mates petitioned for. On a scale of 1-10, Dave is not a paedophile or a rapist but can we not defend the indefensible!