Not Because – Oni

1. Coats wasn’t fired because he was using a legal drug, marijuana, for a legitimate purpose for which he had a prescription. He was fired for violating workplace policy.

Coats was fired for violating workplace policy, not for using the legal drug marijuana.

2. An employer isn’t able to fire a person who has anxiety because they are taking the correct medication to deal with the issue.

An employer is prohibited from firing a person who has anxiety when they are taking the appropriate medicine to treat it.

3. Employees don’t get fired for going out and having a few beers after work because alcohol is legal, but in Colorado so is marijuana.

In Colorado Marijuana is legal, so it can be enjoyed recreationally the same way alcohol is.

4. Coats shouldn’t have been fired because he was trying to treat the pain he endured on a daily basis.

Coats was treating the pain he endures on a daily basis, and was wrongfully fired for it.

5. It’s not fair to discriminate against him because he was able to ease the pain of his multiple spasms by using marijuana.

Marijuana greatly benefitted Coats by easing the pain of his spasms, so it’s unfair to discriminate against him because of it.

6. Coats wasn’t harming anyone at his job because he was smoking marijuana but he was doing so on his own time and not at work.

Coats was smoking on his own time and his job was never affected from it.

7. Omar Gonzalez didn’t penetrate deep into the White House because of the swift actions of Secret Service agents.

The Secret Service agents failed to be swift in action, causing Omar Gonzalez to penetrate deep into the White House.

8. The Secret Service isn’t being compelled to explain its actions because of the way it  responded to the breach of the White House, but how the breach occurred is under question.

The Secret Service are being compelled to explain how the breach occurred in the first place.

9. Secret Service chief Julia Pierson won’t be fired because of her testimony before Congress yesterday. Her incompetence might cost her her job though.

Secret Service chief Julia Pierson may be fired for her incompetence over this matter, not because of her testimony before congress.

10. Secret Service agents didn’t use deadly force against the intruder because he was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade.

The intruder was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade, so the Secret Service agents did not use deadly force.

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3 Responses to Not Because – Oni

  1. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

    Beautiful work, Oni. Where’s 7-10?

    • oni's avatar oni says:

      Somehow didn’t see those, they’re up now.

      • davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:

        7. We can’t call that causal. Their failure surely permitted Gonzalez to penetrate.

        8. The Secret Service are being compelled to explain how the breach occurred in the first place[, but not their response].

        9. Nice.

        10. Nobody quite gets this one. The knife did not dissuade them from using deadly force. That it was small, and that it was all he carried, were the causes.

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