via Komonews.
Why?
Because in both cases these men, wrong as they might be, were engaged in private conversations. One of those conversations was recorded and released to the public, the other was reported to public officials after being overheard at a restaurant.
I don't mean to be obscene but isn't that what the Gestapo and the KGB did?
They took informants information and if it did not meet the standards of the state then those persons being accused were summarily punished?!
So that means that if I'm in public, I have to make sure that whatever is said between myself and whoever meets public standards? The idea that they're having a conversation and its none of my business no longer applies?
We are setting ourselves up for something dangerous. No. I don't agree with those guys statements. But to take a team? To be forced to resign? It all seems a bit extreme in my opinion.
Ask yourself this.
Have you been laying in bed with your wife or girlfriend and said something that could be career impacting if it got out? Have you been with buddies and said something that would have you publicly ostracized if they told the news media?
Welcome to America 2014. We have already set the groundwork for a police state and no one noticed.
Board of Selectmen Chair Linda Murray said Robert Copeland, 82, resigned Sunday night from the post to which he was re-elected in March, putting to rest a controversy that drew national attention and sparked impassioned debate in this resort town of 6,300 on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee.This incident and the case with the LA Clippers owner should worry all of us but I don't sense any outrage.
"The town is pleased," Murray said Monday. "This gives us the opportunity to move on. We are a very accepting community that really takes care of each other."
Copeland has not returned several calls seeking comment.
At a meeting last week, Copeland defiantly sat with his arms folded as more than 100 residents pushed for his ouster and tore into his comments, saying he didn't speak the town or its people.
Copeland admitted using the slur, preceded by an obscenity, while he was at a restaurant in March. A resident, Jane O'Toole, overheard him and complained to town officials when she learned that Copeland was a police commissioner.
"I believe I did use the 'N' word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse," Copeland said in the April email sent to the two other commissioners and forwarded to O'Toole. "For this, I do not apologize - he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."
Why?
Because in both cases these men, wrong as they might be, were engaged in private conversations. One of those conversations was recorded and released to the public, the other was reported to public officials after being overheard at a restaurant.
I don't mean to be obscene but isn't that what the Gestapo and the KGB did?
They took informants information and if it did not meet the standards of the state then those persons being accused were summarily punished?!
So that means that if I'm in public, I have to make sure that whatever is said between myself and whoever meets public standards? The idea that they're having a conversation and its none of my business no longer applies?
We are setting ourselves up for something dangerous. No. I don't agree with those guys statements. But to take a team? To be forced to resign? It all seems a bit extreme in my opinion.
Ask yourself this.
Have you been laying in bed with your wife or girlfriend and said something that could be career impacting if it got out? Have you been with buddies and said something that would have you publicly ostracized if they told the news media?
Welcome to America 2014. We have already set the groundwork for a police state and no one noticed.
