Koran burner lost his job because of that protest

Castout · 09-15-10, 12:39 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...j_transit.html

Ummm though I disagree with the man's action of ripping Koran pages and burning them I think he's entitled to his own opinion and method of protest and that it had nothing to do with his job.

If somebody tore the bible or a copy of the constitution or whatever and set them afire in a Muslim Majority country or otherwise and got booted from his job because of it I'd help whatever I could to help the man get his job back.

tater · 09-15-10, 01:09 AM

If he didn't burn it on the clock, what do they think is the problem?

I guess they can fire people for thinking the wrong thoughts now?

I'd have no problem with him getting fired from a private business, actually, for any reason the owner wanted. The government, OTOH doesn't have that luxury.

ETR3(SS) · 09-15-10, 01:10 AM

I hope he goes to the courts with this. What a man does off the clock is his business and his alone, so long as it doesn't effect his ability to do his job. From the article it sounds like he was exercising his First Amendment right and when pulled aside by police cooperated with them. I may not have done what he did, as in burning the Koran, but that is his right as an American citizen and I say good on him for exercising that right.

Reece · 09-15-10, 01:35 AM

The only thing he did wrong was to only burn one!

Zachstar · 09-15-10, 01:58 AM

Good!

Skybird · 09-15-10, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tater

If he didn't burn it on the clock, what do they think is the problem?

I guess they can fire people for thinking the wrong thoughts now?

Yes, we have currently a public execution running in Germany, I refer to the debate around Thilo Sarrazin (former member of the board of directors of the German Bundesbank). He is not the first one being hunted to death by the PC insanes, but his fire is burning bigger than those in the recent past. That does not chnage the fact that he has 80+% of the population behind him. PC is a tyranny established and maintained by a minority that just claims to speak for all, and lives by the phlegmatism and resignation of the real majority disliking it.

Political correctness and Islamophilia have established a censorship of thought and speech in our societies. They decide on what is correct to think, to say and to do, and if you stray from that collective duty to say and to think the wanted, the right, the only acceptable things, then they will witch-hunt you and character-assassinate you without ever needing to check your arguments, with no mercy and with their hearts pumping oh so strong in their chests with self-righteousness. But the simple truth is - they are intimidated and are in fear, so they kickjump into obedience to the bully in advance, and their cognitive dissonance makes them believing their motives were noble. Cowardly bunch of weaklings.

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Castout · 09-15-10, 03:33 AM

On the topic of political correctness who is to be the judge?!

Hate that word to me it's crap.

Do you know what the word means under tyrant like Hitler?

Flaxpants · 09-15-10, 04:05 AM

Political Correctness is like trying to pick up a **** from the clean end, and as Castout says, who is the judge?

I'm all for Political Incorrectness, its far more amusing and only offends those who deem themselves to be politically correct.

Castout · 09-15-10, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Flaxpants

and only offends those who deem themselves to be politically correct.

Jimbuna · 09-15-10, 10:23 AM

PC....a sure sign of madness in the community.

Takeda Shingen · 09-15-10, 10:28 AM

I echo the sentiment in saying that I hope he takes his former employer to court.

FIREWALL · 09-15-10, 10:41 AM

Isn't New Jersey a Third World country ?

SteamWake · 09-15-10, 10:43 AM

He worked for the state in New Jersey what do you expect.

Tarrasque · 09-15-10, 11:00 AM

First Amendment doesn't come in to it.

From the sounds of it he had a code of conduct that he agreed to as an employer of the transit system - he violated that and was fired as a result.

I wonder if he had been fired due to whipping his c*** out in public, whether there would have been this thread?

Seems to be a growing anti-Islam paranoia that blames everything on it regardless of the facts or not.

Takeda Shingen · 09-15-10, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tarrasque

First Amendment doesn't come in to it.

From the sounds of it he had a code of conduct that he agreed to as an employer of the transit system - he violated that and was fired as a result.

I wonder if he had been fired due to whipping his c*** out in public, whether there would have been this thread?

Seems to be a growing anti-Islam paranoia that blames everything on it regardless of the facts or not.

It is very simple: Indecent exposure is illegal. Ripping pages from a book is not. So yes, the First Amendment has everything to do with it.

09-15-10, 12:39 AM	#1
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Koran burner lost his job because of that protest http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...j_transit.html Ummm though I disagree with the man's action of ripping Koran pages and burning them I think he's entitled to his own opinion and method of protest and that it had nothing to do with his job. If somebody tore the bible or a copy of the constitution or whatever and set them afire in a Muslim Majority country or otherwise and got booted from his job because of it I'd help whatever I could to help the man get his job back. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

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ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	I hope he goes to the courts with this. What a man does off the clock is his business and his alone, so long as it doesn't effect his ability to do his job. From the article it sounds like he was exercising his First Amendment right and when pulled aside by police cooperated with them. I may not have done what he did, as in burning the Koran, but that is his right as an American citizen and I say good on him for exercising that right. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	The only thing he did wrong was to only burn one! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Good! __________________

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Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	On the topic of political correctness who is to be the judge?! Hate that word to me it's crap. Do you know what the word means under tyrant like Hitler? __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	If he didn't burn it on the clock, what do they think is the problem? I guess they can fire people for thinking the wrong thoughts now? I'd have no problem with him getting fired from a private business, actually, for any reason the owner wanted. The government, OTOH doesn't have that luxury.

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Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Political Correctness is like trying to pick up a **** from the clean end, and as Castout says, who is the judge? I'm all for Political Incorrectness, its far more amusing and only offends those who deem themselves to be politically correct.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	PC....a sure sign of madness in the community. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I echo the sentiment in saying that I hope he takes his former employer to court.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	He worked for the state in New Jersey what do you expect. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Tarrasque Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 253 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	First Amendment doesn't come in to it. From the sounds of it he had a code of conduct that he agreed to as an employer of the transit system - he violated that and was fired as a result. I wonder if he had been fired due to whipping his c*** out in public, whether there would have been this thread? Seems to be a growing anti-Islam paranoia that blames everything on it regardless of the facts or not.