OK. Who's calling in gay tomorrow?[views:12215][posts:86]__________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:25am - brian_dc ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28118228/ |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:27am - the_reverend ""] day without mexicans fail |
| ______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:28am - Yeti ""] good idea. the next day they can call in "fired". |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:29am - brian_dc ""] yeah, but then the employers would probably have to call in "sued" |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:30am - FuckIsMySignature ""] haha heard about this on the radio this morning. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:30am - dftg ""] oh no! Where will I get my hair styled and my nails painted? How will I get my interior decorating done! |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:32am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i'm gonna call in straight on friday so i can have a 3 day weekend |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:38am - dftg ""] ok, so it's ok for them to just skip work for a day just because somebody told all of them to do it? So if I found some rape victim, it'd be okay for me to rape the bitch too because everybody was doing it. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:39am - Yeti ""] correct. get to raping. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:43am - dftg ""] I'm calling in straight tomorrow too. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:46am - dreadkill ""] sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:48am - Yeti ""] call in raped. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:48am - FuckIsMySignature ""] national Land on a Cock day |
| ___________________________________________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 10:49am - Why are all third world countries multicultural? ""] the_reverend said:day without mexicans fail If society lives without gays or Mexicans, can we keep it that way? Send all gays to Mexico! |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:01am - dftg ""] I'll call in and tell them I can't come in cause I'm busy committing rape. As opposed to somebody calling into work and telling them "I can't come in today cause I'm a homo |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:05am - ouchdrummer ""] this is dumb, |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:07am - arilliusbm ""] yes, |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:09am - xanonymousx ""] that means like 3 kids i work with are calling in. great. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:09am - rbss ""] dreadkill said:sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. I dunno Ken, I disagree pretty strongly. I agree that Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay people in the United States and I think it is a healthy exercise in democracy to try to create change through a peaceful, organized protest such as this. If the government is going to treat gays like second class citizens and bar them from the same privileges as others based on their sexuality, then society as a whole either needs to push for change or accept the consequences of governmental discrimination. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:11am - rbss ""] Cue onslaught of ignorant comments about why gays shouldn't be allowed to marry for blablabla bullshit narrow-minded, brainwashed reasons. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:12am - arilliusbm ""] We need to stop basing laws and regulations off of what is "right" from the Word of God. That's what our government needs to do. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:12am - arilliusbm ""] And you, sir, need to follow up on that MKII and NBA Jam tournament. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:14am - brian_dc ""] I'm thinking that the GLBT community is going to start really pushing it's civil rights agenda hard in the next few years. I say good for them. I'm all for anything that subverts antiquated Christian morality based policy. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:16am - rbss ""] arilliusbm said:And you, sir, need to follow up on that MKII and NBA Jam tournament. I have been playing the shit out of my NBA Jam TE cart lately. I am getting pretty nasty at that game. And yeah, I suck. I will try to organize that tournament soon. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:17am - arilliusbm ""] NBA Jam TE with Hillary Clinton. She was SICK in that game. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:18am - ouchdrummer ""] rbss said: dreadkill said:sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. I dunno Ken, I disagree pretty strongly. I agree that Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay people in the United States and I think it is a healthy exercise in democracy to try to create change through a peaceful, organized protest such as this. If the government is going to treat gays like second class citizens and bar them from the same privileges as others based on their sexuality, then society as a whole either needs to push for change or accept the consequences of governmental discrimination. No sir, I agree with your statement wholeheartedly. Although i think calling in sick is NOT the way to push this point. Not that i have any better ideas, but i know if i called in "gay" to work tomorrow, i would be fired. Bottom line. And with the job market the way it is, that is not an option. This is why i said this is dumb, not because of the ideology behind it.... i mean shit, my bass player narky is gay. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:18am - brian_dc ""] hahaha...holy shit, I forgot about that! |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:18am - brian_dc ""] my comment was in regard to hilary clinton in NBA Jam TE |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:20am - brian_dc ""] [Dec 9,2008 11:18am - ouchdrummer] rbss said: dreadkill said:sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. I dunno Ken, I disagree pretty strongly. I agree that Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay people in the United States and I think it is a healthy exercise in democracy to try to create change through a peaceful, organized protest such as this. If the government is going to treat gays like second class citizens and bar them from the same privileges as others based on their sexuality, then society as a whole either needs to push for change or accept the consequences of governmental discrimination. No sir, I agree with your statement wholeheartedly. Although i think calling in sick is NOT the way to push this point. Not that i have any better ideas, but i know if i called in "gay" to work tomorrow, i would be fired. Bottom line. And with the job market the way it is, that is not an option. This is why i said this is dumb, not because of the ideology behind it.... i mean shit, my bass player narky is gay. I guess my only response to this is that there's probably a philosophy that until there is a clear spokesperson, leader of the movement to promote the changes desired, it's probably not the quality of the protests, but the quantity. Getting news coverage is enough to raise a little bit of awareness. I mean, if we're talking about it here, it's already working to some degree. |
| _____________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:21am - pam ""] So they're calling out of work in protest, and spending the day doing community service? Yeah, what a pack of assholes...all wanting equal human rights and stuff. The nerve. "Join The Impact, the online community that launched protests last month over the passage of gay marriage bans in California, Florida and Arizona, has urged people to withdraw $80 from their bank accounts Wednesday to demonstrate gays' spending power, and to devote the time they might otherwise spend watching TV or surfing the Internet to volunteer work." WOW, total dicks, right? I guess they should just stand idly by while the government makes laws based on biblical dogma that violates their human rights. I mean fuck them...who do they think they are...PEOPLE. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:22am - brian_dc ""] I'm just going to go ahead and call my self a liberal faggot so no one else can beat me to being the first to say it here. I'll just cheapen that for those who hate. |
| _____________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:23am - pam ""] Brian and Ken, go back and read the article. They're not calling in to stay home on their gay little asses, they're calling in to do community service and spend 80.00 at small, hurting local businesses to demonstrate just how large a chunk of the population is gay by making a community and economic impact. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:23am - rbss ""] arilliusbm said:NBA Jam TE with Hillary Clinton. She was SICK in that game. Haha yes! I still have an old issue of Game Informer that has allll the cheats and hidden characters for TE. I play as Hil-Dawg all the time! I love that there are two parallel conversations in this thread - one serious, one about NBA Jam. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:24am - dreadkill ""] rbss said: dreadkill said:sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. I dunno Ken, I disagree pretty strongly. I agree that Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay people in the United States and I think it is a healthy exercise in democracy to try to create change through a peaceful, organized protest such as this. If the government is going to treat gays like second class citizens and bar them from the same privileges as others based on their sexuality, then society as a whole either needs to push for change or accept the consequences of governmental discrimination. i'm with you on being against the violation of civil rights. i just think skipping work is a bad way to prove the point. what if a gay person's company was supportive of gay rights? wouldn't skipping work be a slap in the face to that supportive company? why make businesses pay for the government's transgressions? i think there are a lot more constructive ways for people to peacefully make their points and have their voices heard. |
| _____________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:25am - pam ""] brian_dc said:I'm just going to go ahead and call my self a liberal faggot so no one else can beat me to being the first to say it here. I'll just cheapen that for those who hate. I'll do the same. Us stupid liberals and our thinking people should be treated like people. |
| _____________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:26am - pam ""] dreadkill said: rbss said: dreadkill said:sounds more like an excuse to skip work than a way of proving a point. I dunno Ken, I disagree pretty strongly. I agree that Proposition 8 violates the civil rights of gay people in the United States and I think it is a healthy exercise in democracy to try to create change through a peaceful, organized protest such as this. If the government is going to treat gays like second class citizens and bar them from the same privileges as others based on their sexuality, then society as a whole either needs to push for change or accept the consequences of governmental discrimination. i'm with you on being against the violation of civil rights. i just think skipping work is a bad way to prove the point. what if a gay person's company was supportive of gay rights? wouldn't skipping work be a slap in the face to that supportive company? why make businesses pay for the government's transgressions? i think there are a lot more constructive ways for people to peacefully make their points and have their voices heard. I tend to think that if the company were supportive of gay rights, they'd happily grand the person his or her day off. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:26am - arilliusbm ""] Eliminate all religious connections from Government, PERIOD. I'm afraid we may not see this anytime soon; that is, unless the country splits. Religion and government don't mix. The unfair treatment of gays is due to a philosophy and moral judgement based off of religious ideals. It's something I don't think we'll see even in our lifetime, perhaps. I've had this stance ever since I saw the corruption in society and government; my mother caught me burning bibles when I was 14 and I still won't back down. Death to Christianity. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:29am - dreadkill ""] pam, i agree. the company would most likely just give the person the day off. i say, if you have a vacation day coming to you, take the day off and do what you have to do. as long as people aren't using it to screw over their place of employment, then do it. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:30am - arilliusbm ""] There are better ways to get their message across - but whatever it takes, I guess. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:31am - brian_dc ""] I don't know. If they use a vacation day, then they get paid for that. To me that would screw over the place of employment more and a little less principled than missing work in a way that will probably leave them unpayed for the day. |
| _____________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:32am - pam ""] Yeah, definitely. By the nature of the protest and the careful way the LGBT community is doing things, I doubt anyone would skip out on work if they were forbidden to do so. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:33am - ouchdrummer ""] Like I previously said, i agree with the ideology. But my company would not, under any circumstances give someone the day off to protest that they aren't being treated fairly. Mainly because in my workplace everyone is treated fairly. So why should my company suffer the loss of workers for a day. (Quite a few I may add) So again, yes, there SHOULD be people trying to show the country where they are going wrong, but i think people will lose their jobs in the process. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:34am - FuckIsMySignature ""] When is national tittie liberation day? |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:36am - arilliusbm ""] They had an interesting segment on Larry King last night. It was that really famous Preacher from down south that's always on TV. FUCK, what's his name.. Anyway, when Larry asked him about gays and marriage and rights, the guy literally choked up for a good 2 minutes. He then blurted out that he thinks they should not marry. It was kind of funny to watch. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:36am - brian_dc ""] I'm sure most people will ask for permission to take part of it in those cases. People do tend to value their jobs very highly and what not. |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:44am - FuckIsMySignature ""] arilliusbm said:They had an interesting segment on Larry King last night. It was that really famous Preacher from down south that's always on TV. FUCK, what's his name.. Anyway, when Larry asked him about gays and marriage and rights, the guy literally choked up for a good 2 minutes. He then blurted out that he thinks they should not marry. It was kind of funny to watch. Joel Osteen? I'm sure he'll call in gay tomorrow |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:45am - dreadkill ""] brian_dc said:I don't know. If they use a vacation day, then they get paid for that. To me that would screw over the place of employment more and a little less principled than missing work in a way that will probably leave them unpayed for the day. if it's your vacation day, you can do what you want with it, so how would that screw over a place of employment? it doesn't matter if you're protesting for equal rights, going on a trip, or staying home to jerk off all day. it's your day off. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:45am - arilliusbm ""] Yes, sir. Joel Osteen. That guy is a fucking brainwashed pretty-boy, pseudo-mullet preaching piece of shit. That guy. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:47am - arilliusbm ""] Staying home to jerk off all day? Sounds like my kind of day off. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 9,2008 11:48am - brian_dc ""] [Dec 9,2008 11:45am - dreadkill] brian_dc said:I don't know. If they use a vacation day, then they get paid for that. To me that would screw over the place of employment more and a little less principled than missing work in a way that will probably leave them unpayed for the day. if it's your vacation day, you can do what you want with it, so how would that screw over a place of employment? it doesn't matter if you're protesting for equal rights, going on a trip, or staying home to jerk off all day. it's your day off. I think the fact that it wouldn't matter what you're doing is part of the point. I could be wrong on this...I'm fine with that. |