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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

Rick Ball definitely felt uncomfortable there. That is why workplace harassment policies have grown beyond just being a direct confrontation. You can be guilty of harassment by making harassing remarks against a person, and harassing remarks are of a personal nature usually.

"Hamilton is a stupid and/or dumb person off the ice" is a disparaging remark about Dougie as a person, not a worker, and therefore it is most definitely covered under harassment.

While you are probably right about the technicalities, its kind of alarming that organizations go to such lengths in their HR policies to make sure no one ever feels offended or uncomfortable ever, in any situation, in any circumstances (threats are clearly different). How soon until every single person's sensitivities are taken into consideration and you virtually can't say anything at work without fear of reprimand? These policies don't take into account the fact that people are humans, not robots. The world doesn't owe it to you not to feel offended on occasion. People are losing their ability to deal with things as adults and instead start clamoring for some form of justice for every instance of controversy. They probably aren't even really offended. Its just mob justice.