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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (14010)	4/18/1998 8:42:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

OK I accept the hug this time. I was just playing hard to get. Personally, I found Judge Wright's decision to be right on target. The laws which were written for sexual harassment were not meant to outlaw isolated cases of stupid or crass behavior. If we make being a jerk actionable, the Courts will be clogged with nothing but such cases. Oddly however, if the Appeals and/or Supreme Court go with precedent, I think Ms. Jones has a good chance to see the judge overruled. After all the facts as alleged are pretty egregious. However, that's the danger in a law which makes a hostile environment subject to determination by the aggrieved party. "Quid pro quo" discrimination provides a bright line. This hostile environment stuff scares me as an employer to the point where it stilts my interaction with all female employees. I won't even compliment female employees anymore for fear of offending someone. I think it is ridiculous how the law has been used to divide our society in various victim classes. JLA