Reading a book can now be harrassment

[dhoward]

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

[dtw]

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive.

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.

[notfarnow]

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive. How long does it take to read a book? He could have honored the wishes of those around him and finished it at home before bed, or in the john.

Because you have the right to a thing doesn't necessarily make it the right thing to do. Courtesy is never wrong.

-e.

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.

[Drago]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Totally agree and I would fight this one. Just about everyone involved, except the student, needs to be disiplined as this is PC gone wild.

Suppose next they are going to try to control thought? Now they do not want you to read about anything, so thinking is next ?

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.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive. How long does it take to read a book? He could have honored the wishes of those around him and finished it at home before bed, or in the john.

Because you have the right to a thing doesn't necessarily make it the right thing to do. Courtesy is never wrong.

-e.

Wow, part 2.

[legion]

Originally Posted by notfarnow

I'm what most here would refer to as "liberal"...

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

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by legion

I've always considered you a "Canadian Conservative, eh?".

Fixed it for you....

[notfarnow]

Originally Posted by legion

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

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!

[onewhippedpuppy]

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

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive. How long does it take to read a book? He could have honored the wishes of those around him and finished it at home before bed, or in the john.

Because you have the right to a thing doesn't necessarily make it the right thing to do. Courtesy is never wrong.

-e.

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.

[esample]

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.

-e.

[dhoward]

Bush hates camping.

[Mule]

It's not like the guy had this:

or this:

[onlycafe]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

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

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]

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive. How long does it take to read a book? He could have honored the wishes of those around him and finished it at home before bed, or in the john.

Because you have the right to a thing doesn't necessarily make it the right thing to do. Courtesy is never wrong.

-e.

What country did I wake up in this morning.

[911Rob]

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

[Mule]

[legion]

Originally Posted by notfarnow

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!

(In Mr. Burns voice...)

Excellent. [Tapping fingers.]

The re-education is progressing nicely.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Totally agree and I would fight this one. Just about everyone involved, except the student, needs to be disiplined as this is PC gone wild.

Suppose next they are going to try to control thought? Now they do not want you to read about anything, so thinking is next ?

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"

Originally Posted by esample

I think we could all agree that, at the least, Sampson was insensitive. How long does it take to read a book? He could have honored the wishes of those around him and finished it at home before bed, or in the john.

Because you have the right to a thing doesn't necessarily make it the right thing to do. Courtesy is never wrong.

-e.

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

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

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

Reverse discrimination, that is what it is.

[Rikao4]

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