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saysmydoctor
07/30/09, 10:04 PM
I've heard about this, figured the guy had a pretty valid case to take to Court, also the fact that he said he was willing to resign because he understood the 'image issues' I think show how unfairly this guy was treated.

He should use this video in court:

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Machu505
07/30/09, 10:10 PM
Analogous to a man being fired for being married to another man.
llwilliamsll
07/30/09, 10:24 PM
le sigh...his marriage would bring a damper on to their little town council and such. So if that means ignoring the Constitutional right, then ignoring they shall do.
SSLYBY
07/30/09, 10:24 PM
Analogous to a man being fired for being married to another man.

Was the use of the word Analogous due to the thread content/your analogy?
Machu505
07/30/09, 10:26 PM
Was the use of the word Analogous due to the thread content/your analogy?
Haha. i c wat u did thar.
xshady121
07/30/09, 10:42 PM
I tend to agree with this video.
Duexy
07/30/09, 10:51 PM
read about this on globo.com, pretty shitty.
samsara
07/30/09, 11:51 PM
That's pretty lame they shouldn't have fired him based on his wifes profession.
I'm DC
07/31/09, 12:07 AM
The voice in that video sounds like a huge douche bag
saysmydoctor
07/31/09, 12:26 AM
The voice in that video sounds like a huge douche bag
Cool story, bro.
joeag1985
07/31/09, 12:38 AM
How retarded. The guy should be allowed to marry a tree if he likes... It shouldn't interfere with his job.
Gumbyjag
07/31/09, 12:09 PM
yeah that's fucked up.
CarouselBoy
07/31/09, 12:34 PM
this is a similar idea to businesses that won't hire people with visible tattoos/stretched ear lobes. They don't want that customers/potential customers to have a negative idea of the business because of that employee so they just don't hire those kinds of people. Here, the fact that the guy is married to a porn star would reflect poorly and probably bring publicity they don't want. Yeah sure it sucks. And I know it's more complicated than that, and he was already hired when it happened I'm just saying it's not all "oh yeah he's definitely shouldn't have been fired"
bladerdude360
07/31/09, 03:18 PM
Shouldn't he be able to sue them? Or at least get his job back or something?
whenyourearound
07/31/09, 03:26 PM
now thats some fucked up shit
deFobbed14yrs
07/31/09, 03:48 PM
yeah the narrator has that great monotone voice

blows for the guy.
timb89
07/31/09, 04:19 PM
le sigh...his marriage would bring a damper on to their little town council and such. So if that means ignoring the Constitutional right, then ignoring they shall do.

hahahahahahaha
jawstheme
07/31/09, 04:36 PM
His wife is a whore, and he can't keep a job. That sucks.
J.C.
07/31/09, 04:58 PM
this is a similar idea to businesses that won't hire people with visible tattoos/stretched ear lobes. They don't want that customers/potential customers to have a negative idea of the business because of that employee so they just don't hire those kinds of people. Here, the fact that the guy is married to a porn star would reflect poorly and probably bring publicity they don't want. Yeah sure it sucks. And I know it's more complicated than that, and he was already hired when it happened I'm just saying it's not all "oh yeah he's definitely shouldn't have been fired"

It is all "oh yeah, he definitely shouldn't have been fired."

The image argument is bullshit. Replace 'porn star' with 'midget' and see how it holds up. You shouldn't be discriminating against people on the basis of who they marry. Otherwise, you open a whole host of other reasons that can be used to discriminate against people.
ArmedROBery
07/31/09, 06:13 PM
yeah the narrator has that great monotone voice

blows for the guy.

Dude probably gets the best BJs ever.
deFobbed14yrs
07/31/09, 06:26 PM
Dude probably gets the best BJs ever.


if not before than now, since she cost him his job
CarouselBoy
07/31/09, 09:33 PM
It is all "oh yeah, he definitely shouldn't have been fired."

The image argument is bullshit. Replace 'porn star' with 'midget' and see how it holds up. You shouldn't be discriminating against people on the basis of who they marry. Otherwise, you open a whole host of other reasons that can be used to discriminate against people.

except there already are. Tattoos and piercings being some. And your use of a midget as an example is terrible. There's nothing "wrong" with being a midget. Being a midget isn't something you choose, and it's not socially looked down on. Where as things like tattoos and especially porn stars are.
J.C.
07/31/09, 10:03 PM
except there already are. Tattoos and piercings being some. And your use of a midget as an example is terrible. There's nothing "wrong" with being a midget. Being a midget isn't something you choose, and it's not socially looked down on. Where as things like tattoos and especially porn stars are.

You missed the point. For one thing, you're talking about hiring. Number two, you're talking about tattoos and piercings, which are personal appearance choices. How you present yourself at your job is relevant to the company and it's interests. You are working on their time. Unless your spouse has something to do with your employer, who you're married to has no bearing on your job. You'd have to prove to me how seeing a porn star in their private time would make them unfit for their job. Otherwise, where is the line drawn? Why not fire someone for having a one night stand with a porn star? Or how about just being friends with a porn star?

And may I ask why a conservative is sporting a Che Guevara avatar?
CarouselBoy
07/31/09, 10:40 PM
You missed the point. For one thing, you're talking about hiring. Number two, you're talking about tattoos and piercings, which are personal appearance choices. How you present yourself at your job is relevant to the company and it's interests. You are working on their time. Unless your spouse has something to do with your employer, who you're married to has no bearing on your job. You'd have to prove to me how seeing a porn star in their private time would make them unfit for their job. Otherwise, where is the line drawn? Why not fire someone for having a one night stand with a porn star? Or how about just being friends with a porn star?

And may I ask why a conservative is sporting a Che Guevara avatar?

and all that makes sense. I was under the impression this guy was higher up in the company. Maybe I don't have all my facts straight. If it was a low level employee then I don't see why it should matter. If it was a high level employee, like for instance a CEO or something, well then consumers, advertisers, whoever may see that and be like well then I don't want to support this company. I suppose it's a risk the company would be willing to take. Maybe it'd be a big deal, maybe not at all. My main point isn't that the guy should be fired, its that it's not as easy as saying no he shouldn't be fired, or yes he should be fired.

Che Guevara was about a lot more than just "liberal" ideas. While I don't agree with how he went about reaching his goals, his goals were admirable. It's kind of like a conservative writing off people like FDR, JFK, or Robert Kennedy. All three were liberal but to me, especially the Kennedy brothers, are sort of heroes, and I don't have to be a Democrat to appreciate them. Not that you said that, just sayin.
J.C.
07/31/09, 11:04 PM
Che Guevara was about a lot more than just "liberal" ideas. While I don't agree with how he went about reaching his goals, his goals were admirable.

lol and what goals of Che Guevara's align with conservatism?

It's kind of like a conservative writing off people like FDR, JFK, or Robert Kennedy.

No, I think it'd be kind of like a conservative having a Karl Marx avatar.
Machu505
07/31/09, 11:38 PM
It would be like me sporting a Robert Taft or a William F. Buckley, Jr. avatar.

EDIT: See? Now isn't this weird?
ghostyouare
08/01/09, 07:09 AM
How retarded. The guy should be allowed to marry a tree if he likes... It shouldn't interfere with his job.
no he should not.
Praetor
08/01/09, 07:23 AM
I think I should start sporting an Alan Keyes avatar.
loveisdead
08/01/09, 07:29 AM
no he should not.
Point is if his marriage doesn't effect his job then it shouldn't matter and he certainly shouldn't be fired over it.
loveisdead
08/01/09, 07:30 AM
I think I should start sporting an Alan Keyes avatar.
Please don't.
joeag1985
08/01/09, 07:36 AM
no he should not.

He' shouldn't marry a tree? ...I was joking.
ghostyouare
08/01/09, 07:38 AM
Point is if his marriage doesn't effect his job then it shouldn't matter and he certainly shouldn't be fired over it.
Orly?
ghostyouare
08/01/09, 07:39 AM
He' shouldn't marry a tree? ...I was joking.
No shit?
Praetor
08/01/09, 07:45 AM
Please don't.
Well, if Carousel Boy can have a Che avatar... ;-)
Machu505
08/01/09, 08:02 AM
Well, if Carousel Boy can have a Che avatar... ;-)
Doooo it.
joeag1985
08/01/09, 09:36 AM
No shit?

Ah, so you do get jokes... Good man yourself.
Praetor
08/01/09, 11:31 AM
Doooo it.
Done.
Praetor
08/01/09, 11:39 AM
Yuck, I feel so dirty.
loveisdead
08/01/09, 11:45 AM
gross
Praetor
08/01/09, 11:46 AM
I need to shower after that.
loveisdead
08/01/09, 11:49 AM
It's still there. He's such a douchebag.
J.C.
08/01/09, 11:50 AM
KILL IT

KILL IT WITH FIRE
x
Machu505
08/01/09, 03:08 PM
Done.
I can't see it from mobile, but I assume it's some serious shizz.
loveisdead
08/01/09, 03:18 PM
I can't see it from mobile, but I assume it's some serious shizz.
It's awful.
Praetor
08/01/09, 03:47 PM
I can't see it from mobile, but I assume it's some serious shizz.
It's awful.
haha it's his Wikipedia picture of him pointing and my usertitle is 'Fuck the 16th Amendment'. Badass.
ghostyouare
08/01/09, 04:01 PM
Ah, so you do get jokes... Good man yourself.
Not awful ones.
joeag1985
08/01/09, 04:38 PM
Not awful ones.

That's grand. Good thing you heard mine then.
behappy123
08/01/09, 07:30 PM
How retarded. The guy should be allowed to marry a tree if he likes... It shouldn't interfere with his job.
ahaha yes!
joeag1985
08/01/09, 07:41 PM
ahaha yes!

Ha, I know right? It's a crazy world.
behappy123
08/01/09, 07:51 PM
Ha, I know right? It's a crazy world.

True story. :thumbdwn:
CarouselBoy
08/02/09, 12:02 AM
lol and what goals of Che Guevara's align with conservatism?



No, I think it'd be kind of like a conservative having a Karl Marx avatar.

lol I'm not one of those morons that wears che shirts and doesn't know anything about him. And I never said any of his goals line up with conservatism. I'm sorry but just because I put moderate conservative as my political stance doesn't mean my entire viewpoint on everything must be conservative. That's what's wrong with so many conservatives and liberals. It's also a mistake to limit Che to a political ideology because he was a lot more than that, especially early on.
J.C.
08/02/09, 12:05 AM
You called yourself a conservative and described Che Guevara's goals as admirable. I'm asking you how you reconcile the two. All you just did was dodge the question.
Stormtrooper
08/02/09, 07:15 AM
Nice liberal video! Too bad they forgot to include "Still, Kiker insisted that Janke wasn't fired because of his wife's job.

"We didn't fire him because his wife was a porn star," Kiker griped, adding that the decision wasn't a "knee-jerk reaction."

All it is, is he said, she said.
Machu505
08/02/09, 04:17 PM
haha it's his Wikipedia picture of him pointing and my usertitle is 'Fuck the 16th Amendment'. Badass.
You know what's even more fucked up? After he got his ass handed to him by Barack Obama in 2004, he came out in opposition to the 17th Amendment. I shit you not.

But I will give him this, he sure can mosh to "The Machine Rages On".
Praetor
08/02/09, 04:29 PM
You know what's even more fucked up? After he got his ass handed to him by Barack Obama in 2004, he came out in opposition to the 17th Amendment. I shit you not.

But I will give him this, he sure can mosh to "The Machine Rages On".
hahahahaha what the hell? to both of those statements.
Machu505
08/02/09, 09:46 PM
hahahahaha what the hell? to both of those statements.
Statement 1: He was butthurt after the election so he was all like "Whaaaaa democracy sucks."

Statement 2: Rage Against the Machine was playing some concert awhile back, and apparently he crowd-surfed and later on some radio host called them The Machine Rages On and pro-terrorist.
paper halo
08/03/09, 03:06 AM
Statement 2: Rage Against the Machine was playing some concert awhile back, and apparently he crowd-surfed and later on some radio host called them The Machine Rages On and pro-terrorist.

*Anti-family and pro-terrorist. That line is on the end of the video for 'Sleep Now in the Fire'.
Praetor
08/03/09, 06:13 AM
Statement 1: He was butthurt after the election so he was all like "Whaaaaa democracy sucks."

Statement 2: Rage Against the Machine was playing some concert awhile back, and apparently he crowd-surfed and later on some radio host called them The Machine Rages On and pro-terrorist.
hahahaha a butthurt Alan Keyes = shit goes down.

And lol @ Keyes not only going to a Rage Concert, but actually crowdsurfing. I wish I could find pics.