Nathan Jones, one of the Penn State University students who dressed for Halloween as a Virginia Tech shooting victim, said the controversy has cost him his job.
In an e-mail Friday, Jones said he was asked to resign Thursday from his post at Bank of America or be fired.
"They were worried that my name may be attached to the Bank of America brand, and that this controversy would lead to a scandal," he said.
Photos of Jones and another Penn State student were posted on Facebook and caused a national outcry.
In interviews with several media outlets, including an on-camera piece on CNN this week, Jones refused to apologize.
"Things are going to be hard now, especially since I have no outside support. ... However, even though I will be starving over the holidays and my credit cards will all default, I still will not apologize," he wrote.
-- Anna Mallory
This guy expressed his 1st Amendment right. He new it was shocking and very un-PC, but it was his RIGHT to do so. People need to get over their offensensitivity and realize that everything in the world is offensive.. to someone. What a boring world it would be if everybody did the same exact thing and nothing controversial ever happened. No new thoughts, works of art, music or literature would ever be created. Science would come to a stand still.
Controvery is the spice in an otherwise bland world.
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