"How long does it take to read a book?"
Well, he was a janitor.

Perhaps because sensitivity has never been my long suit, but no, I'm not going to go along with this. Not even for a second. What is so insensitive about reading a book documenting a victory over the Klan? Reacting because 'KKK' is on the cover is what I call a politically correct, knee-jerk reaction. THAT'S insensitive.

To reiterate... GAFB.

I'm what most here would refer to as "liberal", and I try to be sensitive to other people, but I just can't agree with you on this one.

I think his coworkers are the ones who showed a total lack of courtesy by jumping to conclusions, and escalating this to his manager without even listening to what he was saying.

Courtesy is a 2-way transaction.

Plus, they're stupid. Won't allow other people to read a book because it has a word you don't like in the title? Good 'ole fashioned, country-style stupid.

This guy has my admiration. Working as a janitor, plugging away at his degree on his spare time.

I also agree and just want everyone to know that I'd be jailed for what I'm thinking right now.

These Russian ladies...oh my. :eek:

Wow, part 2.

I've always considered you a "Canadian Conservative". ;)

Fixed it for you....

Ha, it's a funny difference between US & Canuckistan. I'm sometimes considered conservative by my friends, but I've realized that I'm definately liberal by US standards.

Plus, I think OT is rubbing off on me. My wife keeps catching me talking like a libertarian. She keeps feeding me tofu, but it isn't working!

What if the book had been about Malcom X? Or the Black Panthers? He probably would have been promoted.

Wow. This thread is proving to be a gold mine of either:

A) Sarcastic, witty replies to an absolutely assinine situation.

Or:

B) ******* morons that create these absolutely assinine situations for the rest of us.

Like earlier, I'm confused just which camp you may fall into. I'm hoping the former; I suspect the latter.

OK, I admit it, we can't all agree. I was wrong about that. But no, courtesy is not a two-way transaction. It is mannerly generosity despite facts. So I will wish you all a good day and leave you to it.SmileWavy

-e.

Bush hates camping.

It's not like the guy had this:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204824152.jpg
or this:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204823617.jpg

lucky it was not this book that he was reading.
of course if he was black i suppose it might be ok [imagine this to be in green print]


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204825080.jpg

What country did I wake up in this morning. :(

*********s that just keep dragging this forum down to the bottom we can do without, imo.

(In Mr. Burns voice...)

Excellent. [Tapping fingers.]

The re-education is progressing nicely.

And you would totally lose that fight. I was just having this discussion with my brother and dad the other day.

Apparently your intent is not germaine to whether it is harassment. If it is perceived as harassment, it is. This seemed wrong to me, and I called Dad(an attorney) on it.

I said, "On cursory consideration, this would mean you could potentially be guilty of harassment for doing nothing."

He, being intimately familiar with the law, replied, "Precisely"
How about the courtesy others might extend to him? For example, rather than making an ignorant, knee jerk response to something you know nothing about regarding a book, you could at the least discover that it is not a pro-KKK book, it is an anti-KKK book.


I am going to play the race card right now and say, with no knowledge at all of the parties in question, the complaining party is African American and the janitor is white, see quote below

Reverse discrimination, that is what it is.

And we know that is fair in our PC world .
Rika