User talk:Covergaard

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[edit] Mads Timm

In order to simply label the conviction as xenophobia you need some sort of source. The website you referred to in your editing summary is pretty skewered in its presentation of the case. It claims that Timm's conviction was "a[n] act of unjust" - even though witnessess described him racing against Flannagan with 140 km/h, the two spurring eachother on - and that the woman in the car being hit was to blame, when it was Flannagan who lost control of his car. Also, the website makes it sound like he was in jail until May 2006 - he was released in June 2005, after serving 3 months in jail.

One thing that did lead to such a severe punishment of Timm, was that he did not plea guilty like Flannagan.(Ekstra Bladet, February 12, 2005) If he had pleaded guilty he would definitely have gotten off lighter - compared to Flannagan's 8 months conviction. Timm himself did point out, that the incident received so much attention because of their affiliation with Manchester United (Fyens Stiftstidende, March 3, 2005), and indeed many accidents had happened on the same road, just without semi-famous people involved.(Fyens Stiftstidende, March 5, 2005)

So, claiming xenophobia as the chief reason for his conviction is very one-eyed and without regard of the actual conviction. But there were some skewering factors, like their employment at Manchester United - this was at the same time Roy Keane stood trial for striking a 16-year old boy in 2004, so there was a media frenzy around Manchester United. Poulsen 08:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sexual harassment

I did not delete the references to the laws, I moved them up to the "Evolution of sexual harassment law," which is a little higher up. (I mentioned this in the note when I made the change.)The section you added to is really about descriptions of sexual harassment. That a few references to specific laws remain is only because I haven't been able to find the dates the laws were enacted or amended. As soon as I get each date, all references to specific laws will be moved to the "Evolution" section.

Regarding the situation with the model, if you can find a reference that refers to what happened as "sexual harassment," please go ahead and add it back, though it would fit more appropriately under "Varied behaviors and circumstances" as an example of the confusion in people's understanding sexual harassment.

BTW, thanks for adding the information. It's a great addition.Aine63 01:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Also, could you add a link to the sources of the information you added--both the laws and the description of how sexual harassment is defined in Denmark? If you don't have web site links, you can add the book or pamphlet in the references. Thanks! Aine63 21:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)