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I couldn't believe after two days of deliberation, the jury came back in this firefighters case, and did the right thing. They awarded those four firefighters that were forced to be in the gay pride parade, around $34,000 between them.
Obviously, they shouldn't have been forced to participate in it. But, I believe it was also obvious, that they didn't need a million bucks of tax payer money for "pain and suffering".
I'm sure at least one of those firefighters is going to say he continues to be harassed in the work place. And his co-workers should give them crap. They tried to take advantage of the system.
So, if one of his buddies walks by and says something like "Let's see that big fire hose of yours," well, he should man up and take that. Normally I'd say if people make comments like that at the work place, it shouldn't be tolerated.
I'd like to add, if comments like this happen, it doesn't mean you sue the fire department. You sue the person making the comments (that is, if the boss tells him to knock it off and he doesn't, and isn't fired). But people ribbing their co-workers has been going on for hundreds and hundreds of years. It's one of the things that helps people bond. Or makes them realize how idiotic they're being.
I heard in the Caylee case, that authorities found a diary in which the mom (who is accused of killing her daughter), had written in her diary two days after the fact; saying something about how happy she was with the decision, and how she's never been happier.
This was followed by comments from a defense attorney who said it doesn't prove anything, and that the date could be 2003 and not 2008.
Although, I'd love to hear an explanation as to why she has a diary from 2003, and no other years leading up to now!
And sure, someone writing something really doesn't prove they committed that crime. But if your child was kidnapped (by the nanny, as this woman claimed), I doubt you'd be writing ANYTHING in your diary. And if you did write something, it would be about her missing. Not about you being "happy."
But the legal system will probably disappoint me, as it usually does, and won't allow this piece of evidence in court.
I couldn't believe after two days of deliberation, the jury came back in this firefighters case, and did the right thing. They awarded those four firefighters that were forced to be in the gay pride parade, around $34,000 between them.
Obviously, they shouldn't have been forced to participate in it. But, I believe it was also obvious, that they didn't need a million bucks of tax payer money for "pain and suffering".
I'm sure at least one of those firefighters is going to say he continues to be harassed in the work place. And his co-workers should give them crap. They tried to take advantage of the system.
So, if one of his buddies walks by and says something like "Let's see that big fire hose of yours," well, he should man up and take that. Normally I'd say if people make comments like that at the work place, it shouldn't be tolerated.
I'd like to add, if comments like this happen, it doesn't mean you sue the fire department. You sue the person making the comments (that is, if the boss tells him to knock it off and he doesn't, and isn't fired). But people ribbing their co-workers has been going on for hundreds and hundreds of years. It's one of the things that helps people bond. Or makes them realize how idiotic they're being.
I heard in the Caylee case, that authorities found a diary in which the mom (who is accused of killing her daughter), had written in her diary two days after the fact; saying something about how happy she was with the decision, and how she's never been happier.
This was followed by comments from a defense attorney who said it doesn't prove anything, and that the date could be 2003 and not 2008.
Although, I'd love to hear an explanation as to why she has a diary from 2003, and no other years leading up to now!
And sure, someone writing something really doesn't prove they committed that crime. But if your child was kidnapped (by the nanny, as this woman claimed), I doubt you'd be writing ANYTHING in your diary. And if you did write something, it would be about her missing. Not about you being "happy."
But the legal system will probably disappoint me, as it usually does, and won't allow this piece of evidence in court.