>Somebody they sent to a conference, who was representing their company there, went on a personal vendetta against somebody and got them fired.

I went back and looked at Adria's comment (conveniently not quoted), and you're completely misrepresenting the situation.

She didn't have a vendetta, she didn't try to get them fired. She simply asked that someone talk to them about the language which made her uncomfortable.

For all I know, they got fired because of how they responded to that situation -- is there any specific information about that?