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Because I am henceforth going to ignore your posts. I have minimal requirements for arguing points and you don't meet them.
Meaning that when someone shows you how flawed your argument is by using your exact argument by replacing it with other facts, you run and hide.
You can't answer this:
Is Wal Mart guilty of racism and anti-semitism (hate speech) if a customer walks in the door with "Holo-Hoax" or "I'll finish what Hitler started!" or "Mulatos make great help"
Yet you want us to believe this:
Wal Mart guilty of sexual harassment if a customer walks in the door with "I F*** on the first date"
Another inapt analogy trying to compare a company's dress code to a companie's sexual harassment policy.
yet you haven't posted Wal Mart's policy on Sexual Harassment or what they consider Sexual Harassment (and not the policy for their employees, we want the policy for their customers)
Oh and you have to provide that policy where the customer agrees to such policy in the first place.
Oops you run into a legal issue there
Oh wait, you have yet to present a legal position to begin with. Just an armchair lawyer.
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The Wal-Mart sexual harassment policy just mirrors the government's sexual harassment statutes. Both Wal-Mart employees and customers must follow the federal law on sexual harassment.
While I agree it is a stretch to call a suggestive shirt sexual harassment the OP brings up a theme of offensive materials and the general acceptance by the public. The standard response of if you don't like it don't shop there really doesn't answer the issue... Say a parent doesn't want their child exposed to the F bomb... They have no way of knowing where some dumbarsh is going that might wear such shirts. We seem to want to protect freedom of speech so much that we impede on the rights of others that take offense.
Do we really want to degenerate in to a country where slovenly behavior is the norm and rules? Are standards of "moral" behavior to be ignored so some douche that can barely read can think he will be a chick magnet with such a shirt? It is hard to counter such ignorant shirts with the truth.... Like... "there is a thing called paternity" or "first dates can lead to child support, HIV, Hepatitis, or stuff oozing from your business" If reality T shirts are the fad... How's that?
A tshirt might be offensive, but without more it does not rise to the level of legal sexual harassment. The act/conduct must be unwelcome. If no one complains it is not unwelcome. Moreover, to meet the legal definition of sexual harassment the conduct must also be severe or pervasive. Neither of which a tshirt alone will provide.
And the minute WalMart asks someone to leave the store because of an offensive shirt that person (who without a doubt will be a minority of some sort) will sue WalMart for discrimination and the lefties here will be behind them the whole way.
Why would you ASSUME that a person wearing such a short would be a minority?
And the minute WalMart asks someone to leave the store because of an offensive shirt that person (who without a doubt will be a minority of some sort) will sue WalMart for discrimination and the lefties here will be behind them the whole way.
You are exactly right. It would be a violation of the right of freedom of speech. One may not like the message on someone else's clothing, but they cannot ask them to leave a store because of the message on a T-shirt.
Real sexual harrasment, where there is verbal exchange, physical touching and such, is one thing. But there is no Constitutional right not to be offended by something.
Some might be offended by a woman or young girl wearing clothing that exposes too much breast, or a skirt that is so short that it arouses. We see these things all the time. Are we going to require women to cover up, as they do in Muslim countries? I don't think so.
This thread is just plain silly. From me, it gets a great big
You are exactly right. It would be a violation of the right of freedom of speech. One may not like the message on someone else's clothing, but they cannot ask them to leave a store because of the message on a T-shirt.
Real sexual harrasment, where there is verbal exchange, physical touching and such, is one thing. But there is no Constitutional right not to be offended by something.
Some might be offended by a woman or young girl wearing clothing that exposes too much breast, or a skirt that is so short that it arouses. We see these things all the time. Are we going to require women to cover up, as they do in Muslim countries? I don't think so.
This thread is just plain silly. From me, it gets a great big
Another knee-jerk with lack of reading comprehensive skills. I quoted from Wal-Marts own sexual harassment policy on the web which states that sexual harassment may include: "Displaying sexually suggestive pictures or objects, suggestive looks or leering, or suggestive communication in any form." That would include the lettering on t-shirts. I am getting tired of repeating this.
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