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[W:142] Female Reporter Swatted on Rear While On Air, Screams Workplace Assault. Oh Boo Hoo.

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mike2810 said:
We can agree to disagree. It points out the generational differences of what is acceptable.

Do you ask permission before you hug anyone as part of social greeting?
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Hugging = Literally Hitler

WHAT is up with all the hugging these days?

Talk about battery...
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Anybody who touches my wife, girlfriend, sister, or daughter without her permission, especially like that, is getting his teeth punched down his throat.

Hopefully one day you'll learn why.
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The above post is of the same mindset of a criminal. You irrationally believe your theoretical illegal actions are justified not because someone harmed you directly, but because someone merely slapped one of your loved ones on the buttocks.

So if someone else breaks the law, you have no compunction about breaking the law. What a great leader.
 
In fairness to the OP, he grew up in an era where girls and women had to put up with all kinds of offensive behavior by boys and men. It was just the way it was. He didn't see anything wrong with it back then, and he can't understand why people make such a fuss these days. Some might call him a dinosaur, a relic from a bygone era. Fortunately, his kind are quickly dying off, so those antiquated notions of acceptable behavior will not likely survive into the next century.
 
Mashmont said:
It wasn't groping. That indeed would be different. But when you're in the entertainment industy, you have to go with the flow a little more.

Back in the 1990s, Regis Philbin made some sort of comment about Kathie Lee, that her husband Frank Gifford got irate over. Frank said something publicly to Regis, and Regis just downplayed it. Kathie Lee said had Regis not kept his cool, it would have jeopardized their highly successful show.

So yeah, the entertainment industry is just a little different.
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This is hilarious, you think the news is entertainment and reporters are just clowns.
Should I be grateful that you have not as yet regarded them as tools of Satan?
 
Michael Johnson said:
The above post is of the same mindset of a criminal. You irrationally believe your theoretical illegal actions are justified not because someone harmed you directly, but because someone merely slapped one of your loved ones on the buttocks.

So if someone else breaks the law, you have no compunction about breaking the law. What a great leader.
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Defending physical assault isnt criminal in this country.
 
Master Debator said:
Well thanks for confessing to molesting your sister over a thousand times. But the rest of us could us guessed that already.
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I already said I didn't do it. My sisters are much older, also.
 
Michael Johnson said:
The above post is of the same mindset of a criminal. You irrationally believe your theoretical illegal actions are justified not because someone harmed you directly, but because someone merely slapped one of your loved ones on the buttocks.

So if someone else breaks the law, you have no compunction about breaking the law. What a great leader.
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Shut up, troll.
 
Cardinal said:
I often wonder who those cheesy anti-sexual harassment videos shown in office workplaces are actually directed at. People like the OP and the above answer that question.
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Most likely directed at people like me. :mrgreen:

Context of the incident is important. It is my opinion that some take "violation" claim to far now days. It reduces the impact of when a person is actually "violated".
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Yeah seriously what the **** is he talking about

In the 24 years I have had a sister I've never felt compelled to grab her ass. Like what the actual **** is wrong with some people.
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I've had a sister for longer than that. I have never in my life touched her butt. I cringed when I read what that poster said.
 
Michael Johnson said:
A playful slap on the cheeks is not physical assault. Don't sign up to work in public if you don't want the extra attention.
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So you're okay with someone slapping your wife's ass as long as it's in public?
 
Mashmont said:
If a man did it, it would be a big problem. If a woman did it, I would give her a good scolding, because I would think she's trashy.
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Interesting...why would it be a big problem if a man did it?


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Master Debator said:
Those people would probably be familiar to her and totally different from grabbing a strangers ass. This isnt a generational thing other than the fact that the older generation was more racist, homophobic and misogynistic.
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In the OP her ass was not grabbed. It was a passing swat.

I don't agree with our generalization of the "older generation". Context of the time is also important on what was socially acceptable.
 
Mashmont said:
If I was a reporter, I'd laugh it off publicly. If a woman did it, I'd feel complimented.
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I suppose that makes sense if you're of the mindset that one should endure unwanted touching instead of immediately reprimanding it. I'm not sure why someone should feel complimented by another individual crossing lines that are not theirs to cross without an invitation. Since you stated earlier that you would not be ok with something like this being done to your wife, I think you're just trying to justify something you know is wrong only because you think this some battle against PC culture. It's simply a matter of good manners and respect toward your fellow human being.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Shut up, troll.
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LOL don't get mad. You stated in your own words you would physically assault someone who playfully slapped the cheeks of one of your female loved ones.

You think law enforcement would take kindly to that? That's if you can even land a good punch. And not to mention jail time and court visits and fees. All over a butt slap.
 
mike2810 said:
We can agree to disagree. It points out the generational differences of what is acceptable.

Do you ask permission before you hug anyone as part of social greeting?
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I don't tend to hug anyone at a social gathering, unless they're my close family or friends, or acquaintances that I know well. Even then, I don't tend to initiate hugs with most people, even those that I know, anyways. I'll definitely initiate hugs with my sister or my dad, or my girlfriend, or my close friends that's for sure. I don't even like hugging distant family members I've only met a few times in my entire life, so there's that. I'm touchy with people I'm comfortable with being touchy with, and strangers do not fall into that category.

Regardless, a hug is just a little bit different from a sexual grab, and it still doesn't make what happened to the reporter any bit of acceptable. It's not good behavior. I would not appreciate it in the slightest if some random moron came up behind me and grabbed me in a sexual manner. I'd be slapping them in the face if that was the case. I'd be even more mad if it was one of my friends doing that to me, because my friends know I wouldn't appreciate that.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
In fairness to the OP, he grew up in an era where girls and women had to put up with all kinds of offensive behavior by boys and men. It was just the way it was. He didn't see anything wrong with it back then, and he can't understand why people make such a fuss these days. Some might call him a dinosaur, a relic from a bygone era. Fortunately, his kind are quickly dying off, so those antiquated notions of acceptable behavior will not likely survive into the next century.
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I understand what you're saying but I am almost sixty-three years old and I did not grow up with those values at all, for practical reasons first, and because my awareness of the sanctity and dignity of all persons was heightened by my continued development throughout my life.

But even as a young man, full of hormones and desire, I still learned quickly that mutual desire beat predatory conquest hands down.
I still learned very early that manipulation, pressure and predation did not pay off nearly as well as straight seduction.

I swear, even as a young kid, I must have subconsciously grasped the subtext even in children's cartoons.
Bugs Bunny could dress up in drag and trick Elmer Fudd into "marrying him" but in reality Bugs really wanted to "put one over" on Elmer Fudd.

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But if he wanted to express real affection, he was honest and forthright, and he was all about making his companion (Miss Lola Bunny) happy.

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Obviously kids usually only get this on the simplest level but as one grows, these ideas take root and grow even if one doesn't remember some cartoon they watched as a child. I remember this stuff because I was very fond of anything to do with film and television, even at a very young age.
 
Michael Johnson said:
A playful slap on the cheeks is not physical assault. Don't sign up to work in public if you don't want the extra attention.
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Putting your hands on anyone who doesnt want you to is assault. Legally, factually and morally. And no one cares what you think public entertainers should have to put up with.

mike2810 said:
In the OP her ass was not grabbed. It was a passing swat.

I don't agree with our generalization of the "older generation". Context of the time is also important on what was socially acceptable.
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The context is that women, minorities and gays had less power politically and economically and so entitled men did as the pleased because they were allowed to. It however was any point in time ok to grab or slap a womans ass without her consent.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
So you're okay with someone slapping your wife's ass as long as it's in public?
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Well my wife doesn't work in the public eye so I dont have to worry about that. But if she did, I can't get angry if someone random Joe palmed her ass and walked away. She signed up for it.
 
Master Debator said:
I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I'm taking him at his own words.
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He said that brothers slap their sisters on the butt in a playful manner... you accused him of molesting his sister. Why ?
 
Michael Johnson said:
LOL don't get mad. You stated in your own words you would physically assault someone who playfully slapped the cheeks of one of your female loved ones.
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Yeah cause that's what a man does. I'm sorry you don't have the spine to stand up for basic human decency.
 
Mashmont said:
If she were a high-profile reporter, and it happened this way, I'd probably say no biggie.

The 49ers QB called Erin Andrews sideline reporter 'Baby'. He was forced to apologize for it. Ridiculous.
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Yet not everyone is a swinger like yous...
 
TheGoverness said:
It's not an "innocent" swat, though. Using the term "innocent" to describe actions like that is only just making it seem like acceptable behavior, which it's not. It's not okay to touch anyone else in a sexual manner without their permission.
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You are doing the exact same thing though... you don't agree it is innocent. Well, it is not touching in a sexual manner either.
 
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