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    Default Re: From now on it´s RyanAir all the way...accept no substitutes!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone View Post
    Who said anything about taking him in to court? I said I didn't find his comments funny and that in my mind, they were harassment. You'll have to point out to me where I said to take him in to court.

    I agree, the "beds and blowjobs" comment was fairly harmless. My issue was when he paused and put the female translator on the spot, asking her to translate the term to German. Did it ever occur to you that a professional woman might not want to have to discuss blowjobs during a press conference?
    I assumed that by accusing him of sexual harassment he would disagree with the charge and the dispute would have to be mediated in a court of law - or at least a court of his peers at his corporation. If he uses numerous jokes like that on a regular basis he would be legally liable.

    "Sexual harassment" should only be used if there is "quid pr quo" or a "hostile environment". The comment clearly had nothing to do with quid pro quo, so we must look to "hostile environment". Legally, hostile environment can be established if he were to use jokes like that "regularly". One instance does not create a hostile environment to me, so i guess we shouldn't call it "sexual harassment" at all. I don't know.

    If I called someone a child abuser because he made an off color joke like that to a child it would be a wild overstatement and unfair for me to use.

    But you are right - you didn't call for him to be brought to court. I simply didn't know what sexual harassment was.
    Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 07-23-2008 at 14:45.
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