Posted on 10/12/2004 8:30:36 AM PDT by laotzu
MONTREAL - A gay man who was called a "fifi" by a used car salesman has been awarded $1,000 by Quebec's Human Rights Tribunal.
The man's name can't be revealed because of a publication ban.
The man told the judge he felt dehumanized, humiliated and degraded by the comment, which happened in November 2001 at Roger Poirier Automobile in Sorel, about 70 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
The salesman, Marcel Bardier, used "discriminatory words in regard to [the complainant], by revealing his sexual orientation in hurtful and vexatious terms," wrote Judge Michele Pauze in her decision, according to the Montreal Gazette.
"Calling someone a `fifi' constitutes a scornful way of referring to homosexuals. The use of this term wounds and adds to the disgrace and lack of respect of human dignity a person [can suffer], homosexuals in particular."
In addition to the $1,000 in "moral damages," the car salesman and his employer must also pay interest and expenses.
Stupid Fifi Canada.
Next time a canadian is called a "breeder" by a gay they should file suit claiming distress and humiliation by the derogatory comment.
The lawsuit just proves he is a fifi.
Wouldn't it be funny if it was "Fifi"?
The $1000 award winner was quoted as saying...
"Thank goodness, I will use this $1000 to Martha Stewart my studio apartment and get a back wax and manicure."
"Breeders" aren't a "protected class."
Fifi?? Isn't that what the "F" in John F. Kerry stands for?
To be called "Fifi", I bet the bone-smuggler was acting in a way that portrays all the cliche negative stereotypes of 13 year old mall rats. How offensive is that!
Let's see, Americans have been called "idiots" and "bastards" by prominent Liberal politicians, but that's OK then.
HAHA Good one.
We should withdraw from Iraq and use those troops to liberate conservative (and oil and gas rich) western Canada from these socialist morons. At least they would appreciate being freed from oppression.
Freedom of speech is truly under threat from the left wing thought police in Canada. There is great wisdom to the old adage that "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never harm me". Absent clear and present danger of actual violence, the government has no business regulating speech of this kind.
Oh you bad boy! Quit reading my mind! LMAO!
He should have just asked if he had sugar in his gas tank
Oui,oui
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