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LAXintl wrote:Excellent form by the pie thrower
manny wrote:I did not know Australians were into pie. I thought they would be into more sophisticated desserts.....like say a creme brulee.
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vhtje wrote:What was the assailant's motive for the assault? I do hope it was not a homophobic attack. The linked West Australian article does not state any - it only says he was charged with giving police a false name.
I should think he ought to be charged with assault.
smi0006 wrote:I'm sorry perhaps I'm sensitive, but I don't find a homophobic attack by a senior member of the church funny. If a non-white Australian had a pie thrown in their face due to their cultural/religious values that would not be acceptable, and no one would be laughing.
manny wrote:I did not know Australians were into pie. I thought they would be into more sophisticated desserts.....like say a creme brulee.
/s
FlyUSAir wrote:Very upsetting, but I'm glad Alan Joyce was able to walk it off and even have a little bit of a laugh afterwords. The only people I can think of who actually deserve a pie to the face are Oscar Munoz, Ed Bastian, and Doug Parker.
VapourTrails wrote:Strange, but glad no-one was hurt.
BobPatterson wrote:Civility was hurt, injured, damaged.
BobPatterson wrote:I hope the perpetrator gets at least a little jail time and a hefty fine (or award of damages to the person who was assaulted).
vhtje wrote:What was the assailant's motive for the assault? I do hope it was not a homophobic attack. The linked West Australian article does not state any - it only says he was charged with giving police a false name.
I should think he ought to be charged with assault.
IPFreely wrote:smi0006 wrote:I'm sorry perhaps I'm sensitive, but I don't find a homophobic attack by a senior member of the church funny. If a non-white Australian had a pie thrown in their face due to their cultural/religious values that would not be acceptable, and no one would be laughing.
Lighten up. Everything doesn't have to be some political/gender/race/religion issue. It's just a pie to the face. And a pie to the face is always funny.
IPFreely wrote:smi0006 wrote:I'm sorry perhaps I'm sensitive, but I don't find a homophobic attack by a senior member of the church funny. If a non-white Australian had a pie thrown in their face due to their cultural/religious values that would not be acceptable, and no one would be laughing.
Lighten up. Everything doesn't have to be some political/gender/race/religion issue. It's just a pie to the face. And a pie to the face is always funny.
b747400erf wrote:This was an attack because of their viewpoint on gay marriage.
mercure1 wrote:b747400erf wrote:This was an attack because of their viewpoint on gay marriage.
Seems to me public company CEO should not be bringing their personal opinions (particularly on controversial topics) to the forefront.
Public stance on non business topics potentially harm an enterprise particularly of about such controversial social issues when there are clearly going to be substantial slice of the population that legitimately can hold opposite views. Suppose a topic for a non-av thread.
mercure1 wrote:Seems to me public company CEO should not be bringing their personal opinions (particularly on controversial topics) to the forefront.
Public stance on non business topics potentially harm an enterprise particularly of about such controversial social issues when there are clearly going to be substantial slice of the population that legitimately can hold opposite views. Suppose a topic for a non-av thread.
b747400erf wrote:This was an attack because of their viewpoint on gay marriage.
RyanairGuru wrote:a patriotic Australian would have used pavlova
TerminalD wrote:How do we know that?
Breathe wrote:This reminds me when Bill Gates got pied.
mariner wrote:TerminalD wrote:How do we know that?
The pie thrower has said so - in a lengthy confession:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... riage.html
Alan Joyce was attacked by an elderly man wielding a lemon meringue pie
Tony Overheu, 67, explained he did it as a stance against 'corporate bullying'
He was referring to Mr Joyce's efforts to promote gay marriage using the airline
The Qantas CEO had been addressing a business breakfast in Perth when hit
He plans to press assault charges against Mr Overheu to 'send a message'
Mr Joyce also refused to stop speaking out on LGBTI and gender issues
The elderly man who shoved a lemon meringue cake in Alan Joyce's face said he was opposing the Qantas boss' stance on gay marriage.
mariner
IPFreely wrote:Lighten up. Everything doesn't have to be some political/gender/race/religion issue. It's just a pie to the face. And a pie to the face is always funny.