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Old 12-18-2016, 09:01 PM
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I love these stories. (in a sad, sarcastic sense)

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/...er-slave-joke/

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WATERLOO — Students and faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University are slamming the graduate students association after its sudden decision to close a popular campus café this week.



The apparent reason? A tongue-in-cheek help wanted ad that asked for a "slave" to help run the café.

On Monday, Veritas Café operator Sandor Dosman was brought into a boardroom and told the recent advertisement he'd posted online had ruffled some feathers.

In the ad, he joked he wanted "a new slave (full-time staff member) to boss (mentor) around Veritas Cafe." The ad was clearly intended as to be humorous, with jokes about man buns, tattoos and food safety because "we try to not kill our customers."

But Dosman says he was told his contract with the student group was being terminated as a result, and soon he was being escorted off campus by two security officers.

"This came completely out of left field. I'm still in shock," said Dosman, who had run the café for four and a half years. "It was just black and white, 'You are done.' Now I'm out of the job and I have no idea what I'm going to do next."

The sudden closure drew criticism from many of the café's customers. Laurier ethics professor Byron Williston penned a scathing open letter to the graduate students association, accusing them of acting like "spoiled children."

These tolerant, caring students cost a man his livelihood. Over a humorous advertisement for help. Just wow! I hope they never find employment themselves and are refused every single government tit they apply for.

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Old 12-18-2016, 09:05 PM
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I think SJWS are like the plague.
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Old 12-18-2016, 09:09 PM
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Burn him at the stake!
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Old 12-18-2016, 09:53 PM
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Burn him at the stake!
I think those students should be kicked in the junk and told to grow up .
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Old 12-18-2016, 10:12 PM
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I liked this quote from another article by a professor there who was dressing down the idiots who preside over the Wilfred Laurier Graduate Students Association.

“I suppose it’s a sign of the times, especially on university campuses whose student bodies — undergraduate and graduate — seem to have been taken over by the terminally thin-skinned and self-righteous,” Williston wrote. “Perhaps you should direct your moral outrage at some of the many real problems in the world rather than behaving like petty bullies.”

If this collective of Einstein's are representative of the caliber of thought coming out of Wilfred Laurier University, I know where I'll never be sending my son. Hey everyone, lets have a board where most of them reference animated cartoons in their bio's! Too much make-believe and not enough school of hard-knocks for this collection of snowflakes.

I might add that the board seems to be over-represented by women, that's utterly sexist!! Someone ought to complain!! <<<Irony off>>>

http://www.wlugsa.ca/management-team/
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Old 12-18-2016, 10:17 PM
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I liked this quote from another article by a professor there who was dressing down the idiots who preside over the Wilfred Laurier Graduate Students Association.

“I suppose it’s a sign of the times, especially on university campuses whose student bodies — undergraduate and graduate — seem to have been taken over by the terminally thin-skinned and self-righteous,” Williston wrote. “Perhaps you should direct your moral outrage at some of the many real problems in the world rather than behaving like petty bullies.”

If this collective of Einstein's are representative of the caliber of thought coming out of Wilfred Laurier University, I know where I'll never be sending my son. Hey everyone, lets have a board where most of them reference animated cartoons in their bio's! Too much make-believe and not enough school of hard-knocks for this collection of snowflakes.



http://www.wlugsa.ca/management-team/
I just read all those bios- I am at a loss for words.
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Old 12-19-2016, 01:30 AM
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"This came completely out of LEFT field..."

Not sure why he is suprised?!?
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Old 12-19-2016, 02:01 AM
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Yeah that was totally pathetic what happened to that poor guy. Now he can't support himself all because somebody got offended by his obviously tongue in cheek ad. I thought the ad was funny myself and if I was looking for a job like that I'd prefer to with and for someone with a sense of humour because in that industry you need one.
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Old 12-19-2016, 04:10 AM
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I just read all those bios- I am at a loss for words.
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Pathetic would be a good start. Explains much though....

High achievers!
Interests and hobbies.
Disney, singing in the shower...shopping....talking about sports.
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Favorite Movie/Book: ......wait for it.......................Finding Nemo
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Old 12-19-2016, 05:34 AM
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I just read all those bios- I am at a loss for words.
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And that's why our society is slowly circling the toilet bowl. Won't be long until everything gets sucked down and flushed!
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Old 12-19-2016, 05:47 AM
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He probably isn't diverse enough to work there. Oops, did I say he? I guess I should have said heorshe, thon, co, per, con, zi, or zur instead of describing this young man with a pronoun that limits his gender fluidity. I'm definitely not diverse enough to work there.
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Old 12-19-2016, 06:02 AM
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mmm... the word "work" may offend someone...better use "gainful employment".
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:22 AM
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I wonder if they'd have terminated his contract so readily if he was flamboyantly gay? I think part of why he got axed is due to the board being prejudiced against pudgy straight white males. And I'm not kidding. His name sounds Hungarian (looked it up, it is Hungarian and it means "defender of man" which he could use considering the fact that he's the one under attack.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:24 AM
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How's the "guilty until proven innocent" working out folks?
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:35 AM
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Im hoping that my few years in college steer clear of stuff like this. I mean at the most this guy should of gotten told we do not like that sort of advertising or somthing and sent on his way. Like i said with the last one its a pretty sad day when students cant stand hearing some make a joke like that but have no problem sleeping at night after making a man loose his job a week or so before the holidays.
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:25 AM
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"We invoked clause 3.2.3.3 in our contract, which states that: 'conduct on the part of the Service Provider that is materially detrimental to the Business or would injure the reputation of the WLUGSA as determined by the sole discretion of the WLUGSA" shall be grounds for immediate termination,'"
who signs this crap???
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:32 AM
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who signs this crap???
We invoked clause 3.2.3.3 in our contract, which states that: 'conduct on the part of the Service Provider that is materially detrimental to the Business or would injure the reputation of the WLUGSA as determined by the sole discretion of the WLUGSA" shall be grounds for immediate termination,'"

It seems to me the WLUGSA are the ones doing themselves the greater disservice. Tyrants.
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Old 12-19-2016, 10:29 AM
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There are a lot more incidents out there on PSE campuses

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opini...ticle33185073/

The last two paragraphs of this article capture what is happening with students and much of it driven under the watchful and approving eyes of the academic community

"Social sciences and humanities make up only part of universities, of course. Other disciplines – engineering, physics, B-schools – are relatively apolitical. So how is it that the radicals wound up running the show? Here’s Jordan Peterson’s answer: “Engineers and scientists are interested in things. They say, you guys are all insane, just leave us the hell alone.” And by the time they look up, the power positions have been taken over by the radicals.

Not so long ago, I thought this craziness would pass. Now I’m not so sure. When institutions cave in to radicals, their demands will only escalate. As for Prof. Parada, his is a cautionary tale. He believed in the revolution. And it devoured him."
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Old 12-19-2016, 10:50 AM
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The Veritas Cafe. Awesome.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/veritas
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Old 12-19-2016, 11:00 AM
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"Ihre Papiere? Wo sind die Papiere? Vielleicht ein wenig Fahrt.....Wir lehren Sie nicht zu lachen!"

When the SJW's start wearing brown uniforms with high black boots, maybe everyone will see what they are really about......
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Old 12-19-2016, 11:02 AM
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"Ihre Papiere? Wo sind die Papiere? Vielleicht ein wenig Fahrt.....Wir lehren Sie nicht zu lachen!"

When the SJW's start wearing brown uniforms with high black boots, maybe everyone will see what they are really about......
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Old 12-19-2016, 12:19 PM
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"Ihre Papiere? Wo sind die Papiere? Vielleicht ein wenig Fahrt.....Wir lehren Sie nicht zu lachen!"

When the SJW's start wearing brown uniforms with high black boots, maybe everyone will see what they are really about......
The thought that these are the people that will be moving into power positions (and I would argue that they are already there...human rights tribunals, Trudeau, Notley, etc etc etc) is pretty terrifying. They clearly have no conscience obstructing the implementation of their scary ideology.

I've said it before. Many in the mainstream left live up to the definition of psychopaths. That you could so cheerfully and easily destroy a man's livelihood over such an incredibly trivial matter should be a dire warning to anyone that casts a ballot.

Many people are shocked at this example, but one need look no further than our own premier who has no care for the damage she is doing to many families in this province through her careless pursuit of her far left ideology.
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Well, I'm waiting for the comprehensive list of things that I can never joke about again to come out. It may be simpler to just make of list of things we can make jokes about.

1. White male heterosexuals
2. ...............?

Yup, some day I'm going to flip off a highly inappropriate comment about some race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or political affiliation, just to get a reaction, and some SJW is going to be calling 911.....wait for it.
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Well, I'm waiting for the comprehensive list of things that I can never joke about again to come out. It may be simpler to just make of list of things we can make jokes about.

1. White male heterosexuals
2. ...............?

Yup, some day I'm going to flip off a highly inappropriate comment about some race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or political affiliation, just to get a reaction, and some SJW is going to be calling 911.....wait for it.
I saw a snip on some tv show. Might have been "The 2000's" that series that has news worthy stuff of those decades.
Might have been a different one.
Ah, I think it had to do with the passing of Alan Thicke.. Maybe
There was a clip of a guy getting hit on the head by a woman.

Imagine if we turned the tables and demonstrated violence against women.

This continent is Twisted.
Who allows this excrement?
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Nope. I remember now.

I was watching the series on A and E about Leah Remini and her leaving the church of Scientology.

The program showed a clip of her in one of her tv shows where she is punching her tv husband.
Godam. Now I know who to blame.
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I think those students should be kicked in the junk and told to grow up .
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That treatment would help a lot of these folks.
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Old 12-19-2016, 05:43 PM
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I find this vid pertinent to the discussion, funny too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eYwddllFUY
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