Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[ted leslie]

I don't disagree with this, but this is a internet forum (not an office),
and all though what I am about to say isn't
complementary to William or "Z",
especially in Z case, i have to think he was blitz out of his gourd when he
did some of his writing.
William could have been, could have even pulled a "Rob Ford".
These "Meds" (liquor , crack, etc) are not sodium thiopental , not even to
say that really is a truth drug.
People that may get "medicated" at home, may just do really dumb things,
and it may not be accurate at all of there true nature. Hopefully in these
cases there is an apology. Maybe even a "Rob Ford" admission moment.

-tl


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> > I disagree.  His comment basically amounts to "women are whores".  If
> that's
> > not an example of inciting hatred, I'm not sure what is.
> >
> > You're delusional.  You're describing a textbook example of workplace
> sexual
> > harassment.  Just because *you* didn't experience it as such doesn't mean
> > the same was true of others.  I suspect some of those who "rolled their
> eyes
> > and played along" felt like they had no choice if they wanted to keep
> their
> > jobs.  This kind of thing is against the law for a reason.
>
> I know a story. This girl I know was hired - she thought - because of
> her skills. Second day on the job and her boss comes and makes a
> comment about how she is sexy (and other very inappropriate things).
> She feels really violated and basically tells the boss to fuck off.
> She loses the job on the spot. People from the office tell her she's
> such a fool and she should "have played along" because "he does that
> to all the girls", but "he's such a nice guy".
>
> But, you know, "women are whores" and if the guy is a "nice fellow" he
> is allowed to joke around with the girls, right? What are they
> complaining about?
>
> I'd really like to see these comments taken seriously and it's not
> because someone is "our friend" or "a nice person" that we should be
> permissive.
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