MaggieD
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Lol and here MaggieD comes ever so predictably jamming words down our throats. Perhaps Maggie you could point out where I said this is untrue?
I'll save you the time and let you know that you can't because I haven't even offered a position on the story, but merely pointed out that the OP and his cronies are lying by portraying this hearsay from unnamed sources as true.
And now here you come lying yourself by deliberately misrepresenting my post so that you can claim that I'm "just as bad".
Were you not thinking that I would catch your lie? Or were you just not thinking at all when you wrote that post? I'd give you the benefit of the doubt but I can't decide if it's worse to be a liar or an idiot.
I lied? Hardly. Your post I referred to called the OP a liar. You seem to like calling posters that...albeit coming in by different doors. Ha! In his first sentence, he calls the charges "ALLEGED."
I am from the planet where you stand tall and be a man. In my employment history i did not hesitate to take on my employer several times and never once did it hiding behind the outhouse pretending it was not me...[another post follows]
My experience is that if you want to be taken seriously, you stand up and be counted. Eventually, you usually have to do so anyways if it gets anywhere. In addition, I, just like these workers, had union protection so their status as whistle blowers should be protected several different ways. And with the god-like Rupert Murdoch and his bastion of shining journalism on their side, who would dare try to retaliate against such righteousness?
Whistleblowing on this level is scarey. If true that you had union protection, then you know darned well that can mean absolutely nothing re on-the-job and OFF-the-job intimidation. Pulleeeze.
I fully support any investigation if there is reasonable cause to go forth and have one. People here are constantly complaining about government spending and protecting the taxpayer. Lets do it here also. If people come forward with credible information and it bears out, have the investigation and let the chips fall where they may. The key there is people coming forward and being willing to do what is right.
If you'da made THIS post instead of the first one you DID make, you'da had no complaints from me.
I do NOT think I am any sort of paragon of bravery. I simply do as I was raised to do. In this world you can only die once. Might as well do it standing up like a man. But in this case, these are supposedly union members with protections and due process plus you have whistle blower laws also. I was never much for anonymous letters or whisper campaigns behind somebodys back. It always struck me as not the right thing to be doing.
OMG, talk about drama. "You can only die once." Whistleblowers are allowed to remain anonymous for a reason. That you can't understand that simply means you're out of the loop.
If this report is true, then the instigators should be fired or somehow disciplined. However, I would like to see reports from a reputable source first.
First sentence? Agreed. Last one? I would like to see the charges substantiated -- reputable has nothing to do with anonymous.