Pizza Man Fired for Defending Himself

[slacker]

There was a followup story about this in on May 22.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/148662-1276-103.html

My favorite parts are the quotes from the criminal's family.

Shaunika Jackson, Brown-Dancler's sister, concluded after hearing the corner's report: "He (Honeycutt) deliberately set out to murder my little brother."

So "he deliberately set out to murder" by being the victim of a robbery? It may be unlikely that someone needed shot 15 times to be stopped but there is an inherent risk of being shot when committing an armed robbery.

Brown-Dancler's mother, Esther Birden-Jones, said she was hopeful that the new information leads to an arrest and conviction.

"Then at least my son would not have died in vain"

I guess it could be said that he robbed the pizza guy in vain as well.

 

[hoppinglark]

it's a shame...

I know I'll never eat at Pizza Hut again....

 

[porciniman]

I e-mailed also, but get this.
After sending the e-mail, I was directed to a page to ask for my order!!!
Screw them.
VBl

 

[Tall Man]

Stand fast

Just sent them an email informing them that I will no longer be able to do business with them due to their anti-second amendment stance.

Um . . . I hate to be the one to break this to you “conservatives,†but the Second Amendment has nothing to say about whether a private employer may or may not prohibit its employees from carrying guns, any more than the First Amendment’s “freedom of the press†clause forces a newspaper editor to run an article he doesn’t like. The Constitution is supposed to restrict government, not private citizens and businesses.

This is the kind of conservatism you get when conservatives accept Feminism's old canard that "the personal is the political". They can no longer distinguish between restrictions on government and restrictions on private businesses.

Even worse than the assumption that the Constitution restricts employers from setting conditions of employment, though, is the further belief by some conservatives that terminating an employee who exercises his Second Amendment rights in violation of company policy is a form of discrimination which, probably, ought to be prohibited by law.

Of course it is discrimination. So what? It is Pizza Hut's perogative to (legally) implement their policies as they see fit. Your choice to boycott Pizza Hut is an example of discriminating judgement.

Ahh, discrimination. Truly, it is the longest four letter word in the English language.

A properly conservative response to this matter would be: “I don’t like Pizza Hut’s rules, but as a private company, their rules are a private matter, not subject to the whims of politics.†Think about it: No law tells Pizza Hut how many of each variety of tomato they have to buy for their sauce, regardless of the proportion of each variety produced. Why should any law tell them how many of each variety of human to hire? Why should any law tell them they must or must not hire humans of the gun-toting variety?

Pizza Hut is spending its own money to purchase labor, a commodity just like tomatoes. Thus, as a matter of course—of keeping the personal from becoming the political and thereby preserving property rights—conservatives ought to support Pizza Hut’s right to prohibit blacks, women, senior citizens, drunks, boa constrictors, Martians, and sidearm wielders from working for their company, whether or not conservatives agree with the policy.

..thereby preserving property rights.

TM

 

[Werewolf]

Tall Man says:

A properly conservative response to this matter would be: “I don’t like Pizza Hut’s rules, but as a private company, their rules are a private matter, not subject to the whims of politics.â€

True - very true but I would add to Tall Man's statement:

But since I don't like Pizza Hut's rules I am going to exercise every consumers right of choice and choose to buy my Pizza somewhere else.

 

[only1asterisk]

Pizza Hut has the right to employee who it will, but I choose where, when and from whom I buy pizza. Piss on your customers and loose them. Pizza Hut never got much business from me, now they will get none.


David

 

[YammyMonkey]

Pizza Hut can do as they please in terms of the policies they set for their business. Likewise, we can object to those policies and let them know. We can also take our money elsewhere.

 

[sevenpoint62mm]

Yep I sent an email and will no longer parton Pizza Hut or any other Pepsico corp. Too bad, I really liked those 4x4 pizzas but I like people having rights alot more.

 

[sevenpoint62mm]

NRA wrote me back:

Thank you for contact the NRA-ILA. We are working with the Ohioans for Concealed Carry (Jim Irvine, President) on this issue.

Sincerely,

Ryan Irsik

Contact type: none given

Message: Hello

Myself and other gun owners are wondering if the NRA has voiced opinions or pressure for the actions taken by Sheriff Kevin P O'Leary, who illegally released the home addresses of 87 people licensed to carry concealed pistols. We would be proud to have the NRA voice your disgust at this public offical's actions. We would hope also hope you would call for him to step down from office as he is pro-gun control and abuses his powers against lawful citizens. Below is the news stories on CNS for your review. Thank you and have a good day.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200406\CUL20040611a.html

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86979&perpage=25&pagenumber=1