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WCDT: 2131-35 (27 Feb- 2 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 6

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pwhodges:
Actually, men can be subjected to sexual harassment, too.

By women
By men

Matheyus:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 28 Feb 2012, 01:00 ---The shares weren't a substitute for contrition: he explicitly apologized at the same time.

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I agree in part, but I think you could argue that he didn't seem to understand that what he did was wrong beyond the fact that it made people angry, particularly since he explicitly stated that the majority of his regret came from Hannelore being upset with him.  While I agree with Lt. Potter and other commenters that he probably wasn't trying to buy forgiveness as such, his tone during the initial apology, at least to me, made it seem more like an attempt to smooth things over, than an actual apology.  Today's apology, in contrast, came across as much more sincere; he expressed both understanding of why what he did was wrong and regret for the act itself. 

Is it cold in here?:
That's a good post! Did I already welcome you aboard?

Acknowledging all your well-taken points, isn't an apology more sincere if accompanied by a penance?

Matheyus:
Thank you.

You make a good point, and I would tend to agree.  That being said, I don't know if 0.76% of his assets (assuming E-C Tech stock is the only form of wealth Station possesses) would constitute that much of a penance, even if the dollar amount is blank-stare-inducing. 

Of course, he could have been sincere in his regret and just not expressed that sincerity particularly well.  If that's the case I would still suspect that he was, at the time, sorry for upsetting Lt. Potter/Hannelore, and not for his actions in and of themselves.

Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 28 Feb 2012, 02:15 ---how often does someone taking a cash settlement go back to work the next day?
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If that was a problem, I'd imagine she could ask for a transfer, and then easily retire at the end of her tour.

Also, interesting to note, before I saw zmeiat use the word "ciscentric" and looked up what it meant, I had no idea what "cisgender" was.  I'd heard the word, but assumed it meant something else.  Not anything in particular, but I didn't think there was a word for what cisgender was...which I suppose was fairly ciscentric thinking on my part.

Red text: I think that might be why he was initially sorry, but I think once Hanners explained it he understood why his actions were wrong.  Honestly, though?  I can't say I'd agree with it being sexual harassment.

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