> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Reason 49er why athletes should stay on the > field and away from the microphone... > > I personally feel your "zero tolerance for homophobia" > approach is too strong. Particularly if it means an all out > banning of words. From your initial telling of the events, it > appeared that the people may have been friends and you had > overheard a conversation and took rather extreme steps. It's > one thing to protect people who ask for it, it's another to > impose dictatorial rule on behalf of someone who didn't. > However, in your followup it does appear that the offended > party brought it to your attention, and I support your > actions in the matter. Context is everything.
Well - without reading into the event that took place I just have one thing to say about the language used. "Homophobia" is no reason, ever, to fire somebody - as Homophobia is simply the irrational fear of homosexuals. As long as that fear doesn't affect the workplace then it should be perfectly acceptable to irrationally fear anything (in my opinion). When that fear is projected however, when it creates an uncomfortable or hostile workplace for others, then action should be taken. However this is true for anything. Sexism, racism, and all the other isms are covered in the same category: if somebody's inability to keep their mouths shut affects other people's work or their ability to feel safe at work then they're gone. In my opinion it should be "zero tolerance for harrassment" (giving the benefit of the doubt I would say that's probably Brian's full policy - I doubt that he would ignore racial harrassment and I doubt that he would fire a privately admitted homophobe that didn't adversly affect the office). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
