How you dress at a party can get you fired!

I found this at http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/143586

Nathan Jones, one of the Penn State University students who dressed for Halloween as a Virginia Tech shooting victim, said the controversy has cost him his job.

In an e-mail Friday, Jones said he was asked to resign Thursday from his post at Bank of America or be fired.

"They were worried that my name may be attached to the Bank of America brand, and that this controversy would lead to a scandal," he said.

Photos of Jones and another Penn State student were posted on Facebook and caused a national outcry.

In interviews with several media outlets, including an on-camera piece on CNN this week, Jones refused to apologize.

"Things are going to be hard now, especially since I have no outside support. ... However, even though I will be starving over the holidays and my credit cards will all default, I still will not apologize," he wrote.

-- Anna Mallory

This guy expressed his 1st Amendment right. He new it was shocking and very un-PC, but it was his RIGHT to do so. People need to get over their offensensitivity and realize that everything in the world is offensive.. to someone. What a boring world it would be if everybody did the same exact thing and nothing controversial ever happened. No new thoughts, works of art, music or literature would ever be created. Science would come to a stand still.

Controvery is the spice in an otherwise bland world.

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Who gave you the right?

Rights are not granted, those are privileges. Privileges are given by those with power to those without and they can be taken away for any reason.

Rights are not given, they simply are. They are abilities that you have that no one is able to control, regulate, give or take away. You do not have to ask permission, pay a fee or pass a test. You do not have to prove that you "need" the right in order to exercise it. You do not need to be of a certain class of people. If you do not know your rights, you do not have them!

If you don't exercise your rights, they will weaken from lack of use. When the time comes that you must stand up for your rights, you may find that you unable to get off your knees.

Smokers confuse me.

First off let me say that you should have the right to smoke whatever you want and YOU should be responsible for what comes from it, be it cancer, hallucinations or relief from pain. I should have the right to not breath what you are smoking.

Now for the confusing part.

Why do some smokers think it is okay to toss a lit cigarette from a vehicle or on the street?
Why do some smokers dump their ashtrays out on the street?
Why do some smokers leave their cigarette burning in the ashtray before entering a store? Are they planning on finishing it when they come out? Do they leave their car running as well?
Why do some smokers drive with their window down so they can blow the smoke out? Don't they like the smell? Does it taste good going in but smell bad coming out? Don't you want to get all the smoke you can out of each cigarette?

Why do pipes smell good while cigars smell like burning gym shoes?
Why do you need a cigarette before going to bed and one to get up? Do you smoke a "go to bed cigarette" backwards to wake up?

You have the right to be offended.

I am constantly amazed at the hoops people jump through to not "offend" someone. You shouldn't talk about God unless it's a generic "god" with no name. You can't say you are straight or you'll offend those that aren't. I did a search for "offended by" on Google and found 7,800,000 listings! Get over it people!

Just because it isn't what you do, want or believe, does not mean I shouldn't be allowed to do it.

You can think that you are right and I am an idiot. You can even tell others about how your way is the "one true way" and all other ways will send me to Hell, cause global warming or make the Stock Market fall...

BUT

You do not have the right to keep me from doing, saying or believing whatever I feel like. As long as I do not injure you or your property and you don't injure me or mine, we can agree to disagree