What I want to know is why ron jeremy isnt stepping down after the allegations against him
I wont be suprised if franken commits suicide btw On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wondering if this is going to lead to a resurgence in "the old boys > club" with a vengeance. > > I have seen young women get fired for cause only to make an unfounded > claim - after the fact - of sexual harassment. > Makes it harder to want to hire the next young woman. > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert > Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 10:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political > > Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. This is the > beginning/middle of the McCarthy era all over again, but as with all > things in the modern social media age, greatly sped up. Will we get to > congressional hearings? Doesn't seem to require it to get the "job" > done... > > On 12/7/17 9:08 AM, Steve Jones wrote: > >> An actor turned politician just threw his political career away to >> further a scorched earth agenda. Zero due process, all to bypass the >> protections given to us by our founding fathers in an attempt to get a >> political one up for "the party" >> >> We will never know the extent of guilt because due process was bypassed >> >> Constituents were screwed >> >> This is a bad bad path we are on >> >> There is nothing to stop a competitor from popping and and saying any one >> of you male small business owners did something 25 years ago, the precedent >> is there to destroy your company before the words "i didnt do it" even pass >> your lips >> >> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:03 AM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> But this zero tolerance/scorched earth chicken house effect does not >> care about law. If some Hollywood type put the make on some starlet >> 40 years ago there seems to be a concerted effort to end their >> career. Same for politicians. >> >> In my world, women never had a problem in letting me know if I was >> making them feel uncomfortable. At least that is my recollection. >> But I was never in a position of power or authority. Just some >> pimply faced kid trying to get lucky. I cannot imagine the >> difficulty for the attractive young woman trying to make her way in >> acting or business or politics and getting a boorish dude pushing >> himself on her. It is a tough problem that has existed for as long >> as humans have existed. >> >> I saw some quote from some starlet this week about one of these guys >> that was a particularly bad actor (as in he forced himself on >> many). She said "every time I would spend the night at his house he >> would rape me". OK, is there a problem in simply not sleeping over >> where you always get raped. Fool me once... >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Robert >> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:49 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political >> >> Isn't this why there are statutes of limitations of laws? >> >> On 12/7/17 8:38 AM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I watched Dustin Hoffman get ambushed on a news show the other >> day. The guy doing the questioning was grilling him on stuff >> that supposedly happened 40 years ago. >> Who is the same person they were 40 years ago? >> Is there to be any allowance for increased wisdom, growing up, >> learning, changes of attitudes? >> Is there to be any allowance for the era or environment in which >> the offense happened? >> *From:* Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:09 AM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political >> Reminds me of the Black Mirror episode called "Nosedive" >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive> >> It's available on Netflix. >> Basically, scoring on social media gets used for everything. The >> prices you pay for services, whether you're allowed into a >> condo, whether you get to have and keep a job, how the police >> treat you. I get the impression that it's not codified as law, >> just a fact of the presence of social media and ubiquitous >> access to it. Basically the Facebook distopia. It's a good >> episode....and a good series in general. >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: 12/7/2017 10:56:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political >> >> Maybe they could start with China’s citizenship score >> essentially ranking everyone’s behavior. >> *From:* Nate Burke >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 7, 2017 8:54 AM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political >> Facebook and Google already have all the data of your >> likes/dislikes/beliefs (even one's you are not sure of). >> Seems like the next logical step would be a compatibility >> matrix. You are only allowed to interact with a potential >> date if you have >90% compatibility. Otherwise your advances >> would be moot, and therefore unwanted. Proximity devices >> would allow you to go into a club, and see all potential >> matches nearby. As you approach, their name badge would >> either turn green or red. If you get too close to a Red, it >> will start flashing, thereby alerting all close by to be on >> the lookout for potential harassing behavior. >> >> On 12/7/2017 9:46 AM, Bill Prince wrote: >> >> >> Yeah. Parse these two statements, and how they might >> come across verbally. >> >> Don't! Stop! >> >> Don't stop! >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 12/7/2017 7:44 AM, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All young men trying to get a date could be >> classified as a predator. There is the prey and the >> predator. It is a matter degree. Unwanted >> attention, unwanted proximity, unwanted touching. >> Until the girl decided the kid is OK then the >> playing hard to get games morphs into no=yes and so >> forth. >> Is a kid screwing up his courage to go in for a kiss >> at the end of a date risking becoming a criminal? >> Hitting a good looking woman is now considered >> sexual predation. >> NPR had a good example. Good looking woman at a >> party. George Clooney and Steve Buscemi both hit on >> her at different times. Both use the exact same >> words. Perhaps different deliveries but the exact >> same words. The woman is mesmerized by the >> attention by George and feels harassed by Buscemi. >> How can you codify how people are supposed to behave? >> *From:* Jaime Solorza >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 6, 2017 8:29 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT slightly political >> All sexual predators...from Top to bottom, >> regardless of party, should be pecked to death...I >> have four daughters. That Alabama pedophile would >> have disappeared. End of story. >> >> Jaime Solorza >> On Dec 6, 2017 8:26 PM, "Steve Jones" >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I feel bad for that guy. hes about to get his >> rectum widened and >> not so much as mcdouble with cheese for dinner >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Craig House >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Al Franken = injured chicken LOL >> ------------------------------ >> ------------------------------------------ >> *From: *"Chuck McCown" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 6, 2017 8:15:10 >> PM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] OT slightly political >> One of my aunts married a guy that had a >> small factory >> farm. He raised fryers. Those chickens >> you get at KFC. They were allowed to run around in a >> very large room. >> Thousands of them per room, maybe tens of >> thousands. He >> had lots of buildings with rooms like that. >> There was this tiny conveyer of chicken >> feed (maybe 3 inches >> wide) that snaked round the room so they >> were never farther >> than a dozen steps from food. I think it >> took 6 or 8 weeks >> from hatching before they were ready for >> market. >> Toward the end of their existence they >> would get so heavy >> they would just park and the conveyer and >> not really move. I don’t recall >> how they got water (this was 50 years ago). >> If one got injured somehow, perhaps getting >> something caught >> in the conveyer or whatever, if there was a >> single spot of >> blood, the other chickens would notice and >> in short order >> peck the injured chicken to death. Even a >> dot of red ink >> was enough. They would pile on and do them >> in. >> I see some parallels. Humans are chickens >> sometimes. >> >> >> >> >> >>
