---------- >From: Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> >To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Yes, no, present OOPs / voting >Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2003, 1:17 PM > >At 01:51 AM 4/15/2003, Tim Stowell wrote: >> >Although I despise swearing, and occasionally slip myself, it isn't against >> >the law to swear. Should someone be reprimanded for swearing to a fellow >> >Volunteer in this Project, yes. Should it mean their dismissal, no. There >> >needs to be some middle ground. >> >>True as far as swearing goes - but to sexually harrass is. > >Tim - I had not heard this part of it from anyone until your mention above >- and this could potentially shed an entirely new light on the situation - >can you please elaborate and clairfy this? Even if it were true, is not that person entitled to all rights and an enquiry before dismissal. Should they not be treated as innocent until proven guilty, as the laws of the land demand? I in no way condone such behaviour as sexual harassment. However at the end of the day a dismissal without fair hearing on such an important issue is NOT justice. Derek Nichols Echols County, GA