In some places I was employed I worked harder than the average pleb in order to keep my job. Unfortunately that failed because back scratching (refer: derriere licking) was the preferred method. In every workplace there is an entrenched group (can include union puppets) that cover each other and do a number on people they perceive as a threat, like a harder or better worker.Blows my mind. How has it come to this?
Blows my mind. How has it come to this?
That seems to be true.I would say slowly.
Now it is almost bigger crime to name and shame the criminal than to commit a crime.
That seems to be true.
Today an 18 year old appeared in court in the Rockhampton area.
Three days ago he assaulted and raped an 82 year old woman in her own backyard.
He bashed her with 'a blunt instrument'.
She is now in intensive care in a critical condition.
It's difficult to imagine a more cowardly act.
The news report said he cannot be named.
Why the hell not?
Driver fined for blowing nose in van
* Sky News
* January 29, 2010 5:48AM
A MAN told today of his disbelief at being fined for blowing his nose while his van was stopped in London.
Michael Mancini wiped his nose with a handkerchief while stuck in traffic in October 2009.
But when the traffic cleared, he was pulled over by police who told him he had not been in control of his vehicle.
Mr Mancini, from Ayrshire in Scotland, was handed a $US97 fine and three points on his driving license.
"I was stopped in traffic and had the handbrake on and thought to myself, 'I?ve just got time to blow my nose,'" he said.
"Then police pulled me over and I was booked. I genuinely thought they were joking."
Mr Mancini refused to pay the penalty.
His solicitor wrote to prosecutors earlier in January explaining that Mr Mancini was in charge of the vehicle because his handbrake was on, therefore the offense did not occur.
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A BANK employee who stole more than $1 million from two employers may not have used the money for the "high life" but it enabled him to avoid "living a low life", a judge commented today.
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Does that make him a Jedi Master ?
Jedi job hunter wins apology
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1028025/jedi-job-hunter-wins-apology/?rss=yes
A UK employment agency has apologised to a Jedi believer after kicking him out of a branch because he was wearing a hood.
Chris Jarvis, 31, said he was escorted from the Jobcentre branch in Southend, Essex, by security guards, The Sun newspaper reports.
Mr Jarvis is a member of the International Church of Jeddiim ”” based on the famous Star Wars films ”” whose doctrine states followers can wear hoods.
He filled out a complaint form and received a reply from the branch's boss four days later.
"We are committed to provide a customer service which embraces diversity and respects customers' religion," manager Wendy Flewers said.
Mr Jarvis said he was "standing up for his beliefs".
I really hope Australia isn't heading down the UK's track of ridiculous political correctness...
Does that make him a Jedi Master ?
On second thought this will have Yoda turning in his afterlife.I'd say he was just using the force.
Uproar as students dress as 'traditional' Aboriginal people
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Uni students just being uni students. If your offended by this - get a life!
The Cromwell College principal, Ross Switzer, said he had called a meeting of the entire college body last night and spoken to the young women involved in the photo.
He described their behaviour as "a young person's uneducated approximation of Aboriginal life".
"They were not aware of the blackface mocking or demeaning indigenous people," he said. "They were trying to give a tribute to indigenous Australians, not mock or demean them.
"I know that ignorance is no excuse for that behaviour [but] it was ignorance rather than an attempt to laugh at indigenous Australians."
The BBC's religious and ethics department says the changes are necessary to avoid offending non-Christians.
It states: 'As the BBC is committed to impartiality it is appropriate that we use terms that do not offend or alienate non-Christians.
In line with modern practice, BCE/CE (Before Common Era/Common Era) are used as a religiously neutral alternative to BC/AD.'
But the move has angered Christians, mystified other faith leaders and been branded unnecessary by the Plain English Campaign. Critics say the new terms are meaningless because, just like AD and BC, they still denote years in relation to the life of Christ.
The website for BBC Religion and Ethics, headed by commissioning editor Aaqil Ahmed, who is a Muslim, is littered with references to Common Era and Before Common Era Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: 'I think this amounts to the dumbing down of the Christian basis of our culture, language and history. These changes are unnecessary and they don't achieve what the BBC wants them to achieve.
'Whether you use Common Era or Anno Domini, the date is actually still the same and the reference point is still the birth of Christ.'
Marie Clair of the Plain English Campaign said: 'As with most politically correct innovations, I am sure this was done with the best of intentions. But it is difficult to see what the point of the changes are if people do not understand the new terms. It sounds like change just for the sake of change.'
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