Re: Torchwood--So do they not have ***ual harrassment laws across

Ken from Chicago wrote:

> "peachy a****e passion" <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Ken from Chicago wrote:
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>>>"peachy a****e passion" <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>Ken from Chicago wrote:
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>>>>>The current status of ***ual harrassment in the US is largely a
result 
>>>>>of the fallout of the Clarence Thomas / Anita Hill affair nearly 2 
>>>>>decades ago (when the fiscal liberals split from the social liberals
in 
>>>>>long-running censor****p vs free speech debate and ceded the free
speech 
>>>>>argument and opted for their own censor****p based on what has become 
>>>>>known as "political correctness", as opposed to the social 
>>>>>conservatives' "moral correctness"), resulting changes in public
mores 
>>>>>and laws in school, the government and at work.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there no similar event to trigger a similar stance in the public
or 
>>>>>the laws in the UK? Cuz they are ... ahem ... rather ...
"touchy-feely" 
>>>>>... at the Torchwood Institute in Cardiff. And their personal
feelings 
>>>>>have endangered the team, their mission and the Earth, countless
number 
>>>>>of times in the past 2 seasons--and there's just a handful of them. 
>>>>>Imagine what a fully-staffed TI London was like.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I've thought about this for days and days, and frankly I don't know 
>>>>what situation in Torchwood would be at issue in the US either.
>>>>
>>>>  Where do you see any ***ual harassment happening?
>>>
>>>
>>>Personal (romantic) feelings are affecting professional performance.
>>>
>>
>>   I do not know what part of that is ***ual harrassment.
>>
>>  It is sort of an inevitable part of being human, though.
> 
> 
> That's the entire POINT of ***ual harrassment laws: To STOP having your
job 
> be affected because someone else is in love or lust with you--or with 
> someone else--so that the job and your career should be affected only by

> merit.
> 


   To win that lawsuit you'd have to prove that the ***ual component 
changed behavior in a way beyond that of ordinary friend****p.

   I don't think you can do that with Torchwood.


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