Jian Fired Over Personnal Life

by **Metsfanmax** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:00 pm

saxitoxin wrote:
Metsfanmax wrote:
notyou2 wrote:When I was initially defending him the additional allegations had not come to public light. I was a fan of his show. Now I understand that he is a control freak, practically impossible to work with and an asshole extraordinaire.

I'm a fan of shows where the character is a control freak, practically impossible to work with, and an asshole extraordinaire.

me too

OH NO YOU DID NOT

by **saxitoxin** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:08 pm

Metsfanmax wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:
Metsfanmax wrote:
notyou2 wrote:When I was initially defending him the additional allegations had not come to public light. I was a fan of his show. Now I understand that he is a control freak, practically impossible to work with and an asshole extraordinaire.

I'm a fan of shows where the character is a control freak, practically impossible to work with, and an asshole extraordinaire.

me too

OH NO YOU DID NOT

King Friday ran that G-D show. Rogers was scared for his motherfucking life every time he walked on set.

by **Metsfanmax** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:41 pm

saxitoxin wrote:
Metsfanmax wrote:
saxitoxin wrote:
Metsfanmax wrote:
notyou2 wrote:When I was initially defending him the additional allegations had not come to public light. I was a fan of his show. Now I understand that he is a control freak, practically impossible to work with and an asshole extraordinaire.

I'm a fan of shows where the character is a control freak, practically impossible to work with, and an asshole extraordinaire.

me too

OH NO YOU DID NOT

King Friday ran that G-D show. Rogers was scared for his motherfucking life every time he walked on set.

It's not Rogers' fault that he was schizophrenic

by **notyou2** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:59 pm

That's not Casey and Mr Dressup.

by **riskllama** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:22 pm

he's up on charges now, too. 4, i think. turned himself in. i would much have preferred an OJ type ordeal but hey, it's canada...

by **saxitoxin** on Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:57 pm

riskllama wrote:he's up on charges now, too. 4, i think. turned himself in. i would much have preferred an OJ type ordeal but hey, it's canada...

Escaping in his Prius down the TransCanada Hwy as the RCMP gallop after him?

by **riskllama** on Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:23 am

that'll do.

by **denominator** on Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:26 am

notyou2 wrote:When I was initially defending him the additional allegations had not come to public light. I was a fan of his show. Now I understand that he is a control freak, practically impossible to work with and an asshole extraordinaire.

Also, I feel the CBC was well within their rights to severe all ties.

The new host does not seem to have the panache of the ex-host though, but in fairness, I have only heard one show.

I was also initially defending him, but for different reasons.

Now that he is in custody, charges are being laid, and he will be going to court, everything is finally being done properly. I still believe the CBC [should] have no right to fire an employee for taking part in illegal activities outside of work time and off work property. CBC's mandate in that case should be to forward any information to the proper authorities, not fire him. However, given that there was an HR case filed against him, the CBC does have every right to fire him over that, but they didn't.

I also still believe that Ghomeshi was completely out of line filing a suit against CBC (he has since dropped because he had no grounds) and further out of line taking it to Facebook. Again, we have a legal process for dealing with situations like this, and it ain't fucking Facebook. Jian obviously made a good play in doing this as he knows his fan-base and his fans came out defending him with no knowledge of the system.

Nor does the CBC have any right to play interviews with anonymous women "coming out with stories about being abused by Jian". Regardless of the crime, the criminal has the right to face his accuser. The CBC played a number of interviews that were ambiguous at best and should be considered slander or libel. There is nothing stopping anyone with a Toronto area-code from calling the CBC, making up a story about being abused by Jian, and swaying public opinion on the man.

I will say the same thing as I have said in all of these cases - regardless of the crime, an employer [and the public] does not have the responsibility or the right to persecute an employee. It is up to the legal system to follow due process.