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Started by Barrister, November 13, 2019, 12:54:52 AM

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Syt

#1080
February 12, 2021, 04:00:23 PM
Anyways, let this be the final act in this mini drama:

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Valmy

#1081
February 12, 2021, 05:01:02 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 12, 2021, 03:05:47 PM
I am not sure why an employer can't or should not fire people for saying stupid stuff if it reflects poorly on the employer.  Employers can terminate for any reason that is not contrary to law.  They just need to make the business judgment that they are better off without that person.

This goes back to a basic misunderstand many on the right (certainly not directed at you JR) have about the meaning of the freedom of speech.

In this case I am not sure it is good business for the employer to be associated with such a public and politically charged controversy.

I get that when posting on Social Media you have no rights and your life is put out there for all to destroy and attack if they don't like what you are saying. Hence why it is madness to participate. Even peons in minimum wage jobs get fired for stupid social media shit.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

crazy canuck

#1082
February 12, 2021, 05:04:20 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2021, 05:01:02 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 12, 2021, 03:05:47 PM
I am not sure why an employer can't or should not fire people for saying stupid stuff if it reflects poorly on the employer.  Employers can terminate for any reason that is not contrary to law.  They just need to make the business judgment that they are better off without that person.

This goes back to a basic misunderstand many on the right (certainly not directed at you JR) have about the meaning of the freedom of speech.

In this case I am not sure it is good business for the employer to be associated with such a public and politically charged controversy.

I get that when posting on Social Media you have no rights and your life is put out there for all to destroy and attack if they don't like what you are saying. Hence why it is madness to participate. Even peons in minimum wage jobs get fired for stupid social media shit.

the employer made a different judgment obviously

Valmy

#1083
February 12, 2021, 05:07:46 PM
Disney has been making lots of questionable business decisions lately.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

crazy canuck

#1084
February 12, 2021, 06:09:05 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2021, 05:07:46 PM
Disney has been making lots of questionable business decisions lately.

Ok, not sure how that changes the fact it is their business decision to make.

11B4V

#1085
February 12, 2021, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 12, 2021, 04:00:23 PM
Anyways, let this be the final act in this mini drama:



She's a qanon weirdo. Plus her acting sucked. No great loss to the show.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Valmy

#1086
February 12, 2021, 06:19:51 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 12, 2021, 06:09:05 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 12, 2021, 05:07:46 PM
Disney has been making lots of questionable business decisions lately.

Ok, not sure how that changes the fact it is their business decision to make.

It doesn't. I don't think either me or Minsky were saying otherwise.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

viper37

#1087
February 12, 2021, 06:38:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 12, 2021, 01:11:37 AM
On age: Ming-Na Wen who plays Fennec Shand is 58 :P
Compare the body shape of both actresses today ;)
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#1088
February 12, 2021, 06:44:13 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 12, 2021, 03:05:47 PM
This goes back to a basic misunderstand many on the right (certainly not directed at you JR) have about the meaning of the freedom of speech.
well, nobody on the right here made such statements, for sure.  Saying we don't like it does not mean we're tearing our shirts over it.
Of course, any company has the right to terminate an employee's contract.  I don't want the government to infringe any more on the right of employers to manage their staff.  It's just sad when it happens for silly stuff like this.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

crazy canuck

#1089
February 12, 2021, 09:56:52 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 12, 2021, 06:44:13 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 12, 2021, 03:05:47 PM
This goes back to a basic misunderstand many on the right (certainly not directed at you JR) have about the meaning of the freedom of speech.
well, nobody on the right here made such statements, for sure.

Not today.  You are correct. 

Solmyr

#1090
February 13, 2021, 01:42:08 AM
Quote from: viper37 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 12, 2021, 01:11:37 AM
On age: Ming-Na Wen who plays Fennec Shand is 58 :P
Compare the body shape of both actresses today ;)

Compare both to the body shape of Temuera Morrison.

Habbaku

#1091
February 13, 2021, 11:57:58 AM
Compare Gina Carano season 2 to Gina Carano season 1.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Eddie Teach

#1092
February 13, 2021, 12:15:23 PM
Compare thee to a summer's day.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

viper37

#1093
February 13, 2021, 02:52:46 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on February 13, 2021, 01:42:08 AM
Quote from: viper37 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 12, 2021, 01:11:37 AM
On age: Ming-Na Wen who plays Fennec Shand is 58 :P
Compare the body shape of both actresses today ;)

Compare both to the body shape of Temuera Morrison.

Irrelevant.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Josquius

#1094
February 13, 2021, 03:20:49 PM
It is unfortunate she turned out to be a nutter. I quite liked her and it was nice to have a female hero solider type who actually had the build rather than the usual Hollywood style "I had to choose between modelling and soldiering" type. Was pretty good for representation I thought.
But totally fair firing considering it all.
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