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Originally Posted by AussiePam
No, I don't agree. It's not the same thing at all. He would be driving a moving advertisement (a very in your face one) for something he disagrees with. He hasn't threatened to nuke the hell out of the country this has occurred in, nor is he about to embark on civil disobedience, or inciting others to possibly murder anyone. He took the matter up with the appropriate authorities and appears to have consented to a reasonable compromise. This is not obsessive bigotry and it is not at all like the other examples you stated. I'm not saying I agree with his opinions. Just that I admire him for standing up for them in a reasonable way.
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Our buses are a constant source of advertising almost daily. Every day, there has to be offence some-where. The Saudi passenger offended by an ad on the bus for alcohol. The vegetarian driver offended by an ad for the meat market. The cancer victem offended by the ad for ciggarettes. The blue-rinse brigade offended by an ad of Beckham in his pants. The hetrosexual offended by an ad for Lesbian rights.
He should have realised this when he took the job. I'm sorry Pam, but i'm sick of seeing this country pay out compensation from the tax-payers pockets because some-one is 'offended'. We have just had another farcical case in the courts of a muslim looking for a pay out because he was asked to move alcohol in his supermarket job that involved, moving alcohol.