Man its a dangerous precedent to set - we ALL swear and act like idiots from time to time (what goes on behind closed doors, right?) - just imagine if we all got caught by a video/camera phone/almost any device these days saying almost ANYTHING - nobody will have a job by the end of this week!
Fresh on the heels of the Bill C-51, the internet heroes on both sides need to vent out any remaining frustration somewhere.
A bunch of assclowns surely, but the venom online is incredible. They tried to be clever and looked like fools, that used to be enough. Now strangers stop at nothing to anonymously put them in serious personal misery.
Animals Eaten:
pig, cow, lamb, moose, chicken, quail, kudu, ostrich, kangaroo, octopus, alligator, rabbit, shark, springbok, goat, bison, boar, caterpillars, turkey, fish, lobster, crab, oyster, prawn, antelope, camel, eel, squid
Posting of any personal info of anyone will NOT BE TOLERATED.
Toronto 'til I die - but I think they're trying to kill me.
It all depends on who you are.
This person said this while wearing a Leaf's jersey and he is not banned from any MLSE properties.
Never fired either as he said sorry after he was forced to by Toronto Council.
A double standard.
***Oooops! EDIT it was an Argo jersey so I guess it's different! :P
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Animals Eaten:
pig, cow, lamb, moose, chicken, quail, kudu, ostrich, kangaroo, octopus, alligator, rabbit, shark, springbok, goat, bison, boar, caterpillars, turkey, fish, lobster, crab, oyster, prawn, antelope, camel, eel, squid
Sunshine List, our tax money paid the salary of that douchebag.
Someone will take this on. Assuming the guy has a good track record at work (which may not be the case) it seems like an extreme reaction to me. I presume that someone will be able to make the argument that a warning or suspension or sorts would be just given the circumstances. Crazy how far this is going...
Looks like the guy lost $100,000 a year job working at Toronto Hydro I think
Animals Eaten:
pig, cow, lamb, moose, chicken, quail, kudu, ostrich, kangaroo, octopus, alligator, rabbit, shark, springbok, goat, bison, boar, caterpillars, turkey, fish, lobster, crab, oyster, prawn, antelope, camel, eel, squid
First of all,
I'm Mennonite.
I believe in social justice. As do others on here. If you don't care for that, that's your issue. I'm not here to defend social justice.
Secondly, DON'T CROSS THE LINE. Look it up as far as MLS is concerned.
Thirdly, the use of the phrase "social justice" has become code in gamer gate discussions for "I can't fault your actual critiques of behaviour I think is appropriate so I'm going to slag your belief system."
Are you SURE you want to go down that path on this thread. Nothing good will come of it.
I accept that others in here strongly disagree with me politically and about social issues. I will not stay around a place that turns into something akin to the toxic discussions that gamer gate has become.
I will state this again - this thread has WAY more potential to turn into something ugly.
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Not exactly. They put themselves there as much as they were hanging out with the original douche. Maybe they were even goading him on / encouraging him, whatever. Point is they were standing in a public place snickering at the juvenile stunt their friend pulled, and the reporter pulled them into the conversation because she couldn't confront the perpetrator. Her confronting them because they appeared to be tangential to the original event is hardly harassment on their part.
Their friend harassed her; she confronted the friends. This is where I think a good lawyer will help the Arsenal shirt guy get a decent settlement.
All the perps involved were clearly conspiring to do something. It's pretty clear they were hanging around before hand. I'm sure the reporter sensed this that's why she went after the guy in the shades after his buddy ran off. Drunkeness is not an excuse I hope they all lose their jobs. Fuck them..
WTF is gamergate? Is that like the wrought iron gate that was proposed made out of silhouettes of the greatest players in TFC history, including Carlos Ruiz and Adam Braz?
These internet witch hunts are an embarrassment. Not merely losing a job because a moment of drunken stupidity where nobody was injured, but droves of random strangers taking a position of moral superiority to pressure a (temporarily) public company to rid someone of their lively hood.
but I guess the world is a better place now...
Animals Eaten:
pig, cow, lamb, moose, chicken, quail, kudu, ostrich, kangaroo, octopus, alligator, rabbit, shark, springbok, goat, bison, boar, caterpillars, turkey, fish, lobster, crab, oyster, prawn, antelope, camel, eel, squid
Not to mention, and I don't fault her, as a reporter you're not supposed to put drunk people on TV. Especially live TV.
She was mad, I'd be mad too.
Your language mirrors it. Specifically your repeated use of the word "social justice" as a derogatory slur against people defending the right of a woman to not have to deal with sexist language.
But, I can possibly see somebody never having heard of it (although you would have to not be anywhere near social media for the last 18 months) and still using the language without knowing where it was used recently.
Califax is right - nobody here has indicated they support that. I withdraw that remark. Apologies to anybody I've offended.
my seats are next to those guys (they're in row 9, i'm in row 10 - except i couldn't make it to the home opener because of Mother's Day) and i hear this shit from them every single game. i'll be glad to not have to hear slurs against women and gay people.
that being said, the reaction this has created is mindblowingly intense.
Employers don't have to do anything like that. I'm pretty sure this guy signed an employment contract outlining his behaviour as a Hydro One employee. My wife works in health care and I know she did. Doubt he's unionized. Usually only the linsemen who work on hydro lines and alike are unionized there. I don't feel bad for anyone here involved, probably going to be more firings, fine with me.