One of the ways I think American values have changed is that there was once a strong taboo against doing something that would cause someone else to lose their job. There& #39;s not anymore.

As a kid I can remember hearing adults say things like, "I was annoyed the grocery bagger broke a couple of my eggs but I didn& #39;t say anything -- I wouldn& #39;t want him to lose his job."

There& #39;s an All in the Family episode when Archie Bunker finds out a schoolteacher is a lesbian. His wife Edith Bunker tells him to keep it a secret because gay teachers get fired. Archie agrees: "I don& #39;t want anyone to lose their job."

Even bigoted old Archie Bunker had a line he wouldn& #39;t cross, and that line was causing someone to lose her job. Today, people gladly cross that line. I saw a newspaper tweet a questionable headline and get 50 replies like, "Whoever wrote this headline should be fired!"

I& #39;m not sure how or why this value changed, but I don& #39;t think it& #39;s a good thing. We shouldn& #39;t have a cavalier attitude about costing people their livelihoods.