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- RealmDown, on 03/03/2008, -3/+216Citation needed.
- Insolent, on 03/03/2008, -32/+174Why would the founder of a website dedicated to the proliferation of free and accurate knowledge date someone who willingly works for a corporation that went to court to uphold it's right to lie deliberately, attempts to pass falsehoods off as opinion on a much more often than daily basis, and skews towards biased right-wing and special interest-driven propaganda? Oh right, the Fox News skank must've been a good lay. Swallow your pride and pay for your whores the good old-fashioned way, Mr. Wales, illegally.
- ProjectGSX, on 03/03/2008, -5/+92I think she officially qualifies as "bat-***** crazy".
- coltrane68, on 03/03/2008, -30/+115I have no idea who these people are, but my guess is that the woman, as an anchor for Faux News, is both attractive and creepy.
- SeannyRotten, on 03/03/2008, -13/+81In case you had any hopes of believing Rachel Marsden: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/20 ... 5.5 years ago she was arrested and 13 years ago she almost ruined a swimming coach's life! Hah!
- Ninjao, on 03/03/2008, -4/+58Marsden was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation in 2004 for criminal harassment of her boyfriend following a breakup.
On May 30, 2007, Marsden was dismissed from Red Eye for what the New York Post reported as "erratic behaviour"[11] and escorted out of the Fox studio by security guards. She commented that her departure was due to a change in the show's format, and that being escorted out is standard procedure. - paintpro, on 03/03/2008, -4/+44All 12 of her fans have GOT to be pissed
- jlgolson, on 03/03/2008, -2/+41No. It's from "The Mourning Bride" (1697) by William Congreve. The complete quote is "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." -- http://ask.yahoo.com/20051108.html
- 3tcp, on 03/03/2008, -8/+43Whoa, man-face
- an0nymous, on 03/03/2008, -1/+33You have no idea how creepy.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/29/marsd ...
ccording to Donnelly, Marsden had been stalking him for years, making multiple hang-up calls and showing up at his home. Donnelly claimed that this behavior had begun as early as 1992 but had worsened over time. He alleged that by 1995, someone he believed to be Marsden had vandalized his car, strewn condoms in his driveway, posted graffiti advertising his number as a phone-sex line in campus bathrooms, subscribed to Playboy in his name, and left phone messages for him with a voice-altering machine. Donnelly later told the press: "She was everywhere. She would turn up at events where I was working. She was phoning me all the time ... She admitted she bought a voice-altering machine. That was the one that scared me the most. It sounds like the devil."
Donnelly had lodged complaints with his local police departments about these occurrences in 1992, and again in 1995, when he named Marsden as the person he suspected was behind them. Sgt. Don Brown, the policeman who had investigated his claims in 1995, told the Vancouver Sun that Marsden was not charged at the time, because "there were lots of little bits and pieces, but some of it was hard to attribute to one person."
After Donnelly's firing and his subsequent allegations against Marsden, the fight got complicated and ugly. Women's rights activists supported Marsden throughout her case; it was a post-Clarence Thomas universe in which the fight to keep women safe and empowered in classrooms and workplaces was finally being taken seriously. Feminist lawyer Anita Braha argued on behalf of Marsden; so did Simon Fraser's progressive president, John Stubbs. Accusing a young harassment complainant of being a scorned, obsessive lover sounded like a low trick to sexualize and blame the victim. Even Donnelly tried to distance himself from the backlashy whiff of the controversy. "People have turned this case into one about campus harassment, the feminists versus the reactionaries," he said to the press at the time. "I see it as a case of stalking."
Marsden admitted to some of Donnelly's counter-charges, while refusing to back away from her rape claim. She held a press conference in which she said she was a virgin at the time of the rape; she asserted that she gave Donnelly the sexy photos of herself after he had picked them out of her modeling portfolio, and she played the tape of a male voice she said was Donnelly's saying, "Call me." She claimed to have sent the suggestive e-mails in "a desperate attempt to entice [Donnelly] into meeting with me so I could obtain accountability and an apology from him for the abuse, harassment and rape I suffered at his hands." She had also admitted to sending him the Playboy subscription, reportedly telling the SFU panel in 1996 that she did it "with the hope that he would be able to take out his sexual frustrations on the magazine instead of on real women."
Two months after his firing, Donnelly was rehired, exonerated by the university of all charges. According to the mediation agreement between SFU and Donnelly, the original findings of the harassment panel had been based on Marsden's credibility, which had been cast into doubt by "inconsistencies between her statements before the panel and her response to Mr. Donnelly's harassment complaint [against her]." The school paid Donnelly $35,000 in legal fees and expunged his record of harassment charges. Marsden also kept her $12,000, meaning that SFU paid out to both sides of the conflict. An examination into what went wrong with the university inquiry culminated in the eventual resignation of president Stubbs, who stayed on as a history professor at the university.
Simon Fraser's harassment policy coordinator Patricia O'Hagan, with whom Marsden became close during the university's investigation into her claims, also left her job in the wake of the scandal. O'Hagan later alleged that Marsden had harassed her, claiming to reporters that the student had called her more than 400 times, tracked her down after she'd changed her number, and signed letters, "love from your daughter who loves you a lot." Marsden responded in kind, claiming that she referred to O'Hagan as mother to "set boundaries" with the older woman, who she said had repeatedly hugged and kissed her. "I felt strange," Marsden told the press, "and wondered what her intentions were." O'Hagan's lawyers told the press she "vehemently denie[d]" that she had had "any type of physical relationship" with Marsden. Two days after O'Hagan's harassment claim, it was reported that Marsden showed up at a conference at which O'Hagan was the guest speaker. - jsd8cc, on 03/03/2008, -12/+44Great, digg has further solidified its place within the soiled realm of Gossip, under the guise of "Industry News."
- inactive, on 03/03/2008, -0/+28As a current (but inactive) Wikipedia administrator, I agree totally. The atmosphere is such that you're a second-class citizen unless you're in the clique that Jimbo supports. If you're supported by that clique, you really can't be blocked from editing or even have your admin privileges removed... if you're not supported by the clique then it's very easy for those things to happen, find yourself abused and labelled a troll, etc. It's a pretty sad state of affairs. I was a rare figure who was an opponent of the clique but couldn't be targeted by it... just due the respect I had from neutral parties. But getting to that level was, honestly, a waste of time, now that I think about it.
- altcountryman, on 03/03/2008, -0/+28Huh. Looks like Jimmy should have Googled her first.
- inajeep, on 03/03/2008, -1/+27Funny how they had forbidden her to contact the media and eventually went to work for one of them. Although look at who she was working for.
- apersaud, on 03/03/2008, -2/+25"because the last thing I want to do is take a break from ***** your brains out all night to work on your wikipedia entry :)"
My favorite line... - VaporBro, on 03/03/2008, -2/+25Jimmy = Bill Clinton?
Weeeeeeird... - TheKingInYellow, on 03/03/2008, -5/+26thanks for the pic, i'll be in the corner crying.
- inactive, on 03/03/2008, -4/+25Wikipedia is a great idea but Jimbo Wals and Wikipedia Elite have ***** killed it with the inner politics and Power play. I just wish for a day that googles alternative goes main stream and wikipedia dies so these ***** can't molest it any more then they have already.
- altcountryman, on 03/03/2008, -3/+23What's considered "erratic behavior" at Fox? Telling the truth?
- civilizedevil, on 03/03/2008, -3/+23whooooooooooo cares?
- nekochan, on 03/03/2008, -2/+21the fun part of this internet version of a britney spears news break:
the girlfriend is selling Jim's clothes on ebay.
http://valleywag.com/362772/wikipedia-guys-ex+girl ... - neio, on 03/03/2008, -5/+24This is news?
*****, buried. - inactive, on 03/03/2008, -3/+20Wow, that's a good face for radio.
- 3rdDay, on 03/03/2008, -0/+16At least Jimbo is consistent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales ... - inactive, on 03/03/2008, -1/+16the best rule of wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_ ...
tell that to the smartasses quoting rules 24/7. - reuscel, on 03/03/2008, -0/+15Because most men's sex drives short-circuit their brains? Just a theory.
- inactive, on 03/03/2008, -0/+15Because the clique system drives away editors who I think do a good job, and ultimately really hurts the quality of Wikipedia's articles. You have biographical articles that are sanitized and essentially written by their subjects, or their publicist... and this is what the clique supports. It's not about wanting to be in the clique... I could be if I wanted to. It's not hard... you just have to parrot back what they say.
- nonsequitor, on 03/03/2008, -0/+15Nah, he should have read her wikipedia page.
- Shadic, on 03/03/2008, -0/+14God damnit. I was just about to open a new tab and look up more stuff on Jimmy Wales...
But then I realized that I was just going to go to Wikipedia.. - sfacets, on 03/03/2008, -3/+16Why digg this down? We all know it's true.
- airiox, on 03/03/2008, -0/+13Jimmy is a douchebag, plain and simple. But it looks like this chick is as well. "Birds of a feather flock together."
- norman619, on 03/03/2008, -2/+15Because she says he is. It's obvious.
- weeeezzll, on 03/03/2008, -2/+14"Marsden subsequently told friends that Wales gave her feedback on her website design -- is that what kids are calling it these days? -- for 24 hours straight in a D.C. hotel."
lol - inactive, on 03/03/2008, -2/+14What a crazy *****.
- SpectreFire, on 03/03/2008, -6/+18"I only have one thing to say to you: You are the sleazebag I always suspected you were, and should have listened more carefully to my gut instincts -- and to my friends . No, in fact, you are much, much worse than I ever expected. You are an absolute creep, and it was a colossal mistake on my part to have gotten involved with you. Now, my suspicions about you have been proven dead-on. I never again want anything to do with you, and though I have every intention of putting all of this behind me ASAP (which will be VERY easy to do, given the disgusting reality), I am happy to tell anyone who happens to ask precisely what I think of you. There is nothing good left to say whatsoever. Goodbye Jimmy, and good riddance."
Uh... maybe you haven't noticed honey... but you work for FOX News. I don't think you're in a position to call anyone a sleazebag or creep. I mean, feces are ranked higher than you on the natural scale, not to mention look better too. - oldhick, on 03/03/2008, -0/+12Where does it say that? You can lie without committing Libel or Slander... Campaigns do it all the time.
- drtyfrnk, on 03/03/2008, -1/+12what a bitch.
- mjpanzer, on 03/03/2008, -26/+37Jimmy Wales is a douchebag
- BHRecon, on 03/03/2008, -2/+12I thought that was the same chick... I wonder if shes going to falsely accuse this guy of rape and ruin his life too?
- actorboy, on 03/03/2008, -2/+12Bravo, sir or madam.
- magus_melchior, on 03/04/2008, -0/+10Kind of reminds you of high school, doesn't it?
- Magnes, on 03/03/2008, -3/+12No.
- nartvq, on 03/03/2008, -0/+8Because love is blind.
- altinnovation, on 03/03/2008, -3/+11I used to read this woman's articles when they would come out in the Toronto Star. They always made me so angry.
She ALWAYS manages to find something stupid to say, just like the article submitted a bit below shows examples:
Long story short of one of her quotes:
Her oppinion on women who lied about being raped -
"Charges are laid, charges are dropped," said Marsden. "It happens all the time. Unless she can get charged with mischief and they can prove she lied, then no, [she shouldn't be punished]. That's the process and the process works." But, argued Gutfeld, "Don't you think that being accused of rape is as bad as being raped? Those guys' lives were ruined!" Marsden bit back, "Let's give it 10 years and see if their lives were ruined." - plizard, on 03/03/2008, -4/+12wow shes ugly
- jaxcs, on 03/03/2008, -1/+9Classy people such as this pair deserve each other. These crazy kids should make up and get back together 'cause lord knows no one else will want them.
- norman619, on 03/03/2008, -1/+9Yes they are.
- dukeochutney, on 03/03/2008, -2/+9naked pix of ex?
- theaceoffire, on 03/03/2008, -1/+8Comments like yours are the only reason I have hope for humanity.
- Dhalgren, on 03/03/2008, -0/+7They can lie all they want, just don't call it News...
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