INJUSTICE IS SERVED

Sometimes you have to get up and make a fuss when something unjust is done. However, there are times when things happen which you have no control over, and you can do nothing about. Sometimes there are risks involved with trying to get the right thing done. There is a situation at the moment that I could be punished for even illuding to it here. As my blog is a public forum, if anyone who reads it from this organisation is offended, I could have a similar punishment dealt to me as has been done to another member.
However, as the constiution states that it must be reasonable that somebody is offended by my comments, I will not name names or point fingers.
It is not the fact that someone has been punished for breaking rules they didnt break, or that the punishment was made up and not anywhere in the constitution. The MAIN problem I have is that the procedures put in place to resolve issues like this were bipassed, and resulted in a severe punishment after only hearing one side of the story and that the league voted that this was okay, which sets a precedent for the future.
So now I am worried. My good friend is suffering, which breaks my heart, and makes me want to yell and scream and stamp my feet to get my point across. But then I think, what will happen to me? I am not a very important member, as in, I am only on one minor committee, I am not a star player, and my professional skills are never utilised. So who would care if something happened to me?
My friend (the one who is being punished) has spoken to me about her theory that it is two people in power who do not like her, for one reason or another, and have swayed others to paint her in a bad light. She has come to me on more than one occassion in tears because she found out someone she thought of as a friend hated her, and thought she was a bad person. I don't know why these two in power don't like her, perhaps she rubbed them the wrong way, but that does not give anyone the right to bipass rules and punish someone unjustly!
At the meeting, a member said that this desision had been made to protect all of the members, and we have to support our desision makers. I do not agree. How does setting a precedent for unjust and unlawful (according to their own constitution) punishment protect anyone?
Their claim is that my friend made statements that illuded to the league or it's members in a negetive, and offensive way, and they recieved several complaints. They had a responsibility to act on these claims and punish. But no, they didn't! If they had recieved complaints, the process which is in place states that the complainants should seek a grievance councillor, who will talk through and rectify the problem.
I know that many of these comments were not about the league or it's members. One of the people in charge stated that all the comments were made in response to emails and communications between them. But no! I was there when she wrote many messages, and on one occassion had just had a conversation about how Burlesque had just become the new "acceptable alternative" (you know, I do Burlesque oh-ho-ho aren't I soooooo cool.) and how lame it was that something so good was being tainted by untalented people. And about how her performances (fire breathing, angle grinding) were not in demand. There was NOTHING in or around that comment about ANY member of the league in question! Sure, the sentance before that commented on how much she missed attending training. But how is that negetive at all? One of the members tried to make it out that when she refered to "Fringe people" she was talking about the members, but no, she was talking about the organisers of the Fringe Festival not accepting her!
I went a bit off track there, but my point is that all these comments were taken out of context, proper procedure was not followed and now people are afraid to update their facebook.
In fact, I am sure that myself and one other member are going to have similar events happen to us because these two in power hate us as well, or even just hate us by association.
It's bullshit and it's corrupt and it's illegal.
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Bullying. It's fucking lame.

So here comes a full frontal attack on bullying. Without naming names, (because that will get me in trouble, because I'm not allowed to say negetive things about particular things because I could get an official warning. Which in itself is retarded, but anyway.) I am now going to vent and rant and rave about the craptacular thing which is bullying by adult women.

Now.

Women suck. I have known this for a looong time, and that is why most of my friends are guys. Guys say what they mean how they mean it and are not afraid to stand by it. And if you don't like it, you can say something to them and they'll stick by their word. Even if they admit they were wrong to have said it, they'll never deny saying it.

Women on the other hand say what they don't mean, say things they shouldn't, deny they said things, manipulate, bully and make people feel socially outcast. They do it in high school: create a group with similar likes, fashion styles and hobbies and pretty soon everyone else is on the out. It is also ingrained in women from a very young age that to be accepted by other women is most important. But that's a whole other issue.

When I did dance as a teenager, I was on the out. I only did four classes a week so I wasn't "in" with all the other girls who did six, seven, eight, twenty classes a week. I had also come in at 12 so wasn't in with the ones who had started when they were two. I was also not tanned and blonde, I didnt go to parties (I wasn't invited anyway) and didnt teach kiddie classes. But, when I was 16 I got put in the front row. Suddenly I was popular, people wanted to be my friend, I got invited to the parties, and it was all because I was put in a position they envied.

Retarded.

Anyways, women are weird and I don't always understand why they do what they do. But sports are meant to be fun and inclusive, especially ones where there's no bog trophy at the end. But there's always someone who is a complete and utter twat and makes people feel uncomfortable in their presence. When my brother played football he was told he needed to "get his priorities right" by the coach. That is, skip uni classes to attend trainings. When he didn't do that, he was dropped. It always seems to be people in power who feel the need to flex their biceps and push people around.

I don't know if that feels good or something, but it's pretty shit for everyone on the recieving end.

In a round about way, I'm trying to say that there is a woman at the moment who is being an asshat. She is negetive, rude and snarky, says things she shouldn't say and won't admit when she is wrong. She is on a complete power trip and more than once I have had to move away from her because I have felt uncomfortable about the things she has said. Two of my closest friends have had major issues with her and have both left. Not only do I now feel alone, but vulnerable. Both of my friends have raised concerns through proper procedure and both of their claims have been dismissed and denied by this woman. So, they left. I am at the moment feeling like I don't want to go to places where she is because I don't feel happy at all and I'm not having fun.

To be honnest, it feels like high school, where some Queen Bee makes everyone else feel like shit all the time whether she means to or not. And so what can we plebs do? Either quit school, change schools or put up with it.

The question now is what am I going to do.

what is selfish?

this morning my mum said i was selfish for being fat. She said that if i cared about other people i'd want to look nice for them, and should go on a diet. But last week she said Miranda Kerr was selfish for being so thin and successful. Sowhat is selfish? I think its selfish for concentrating on your body so much. Not to say thin people are selfish, but an obsession with your own body is. What do you think?