This news story caught my eye over the last couple of days, and I was sure there'd already be a thread about it here in the forum, but I can't find any mention of it. From what I understand:
- a graduate of a hard line Christian Canadian university called Bethany Paquette applies for a intern job at a wilderness travel company called Amaruk
- she gets rejected, plus a series of ranty e-mails saying that not only she dosn't satisfy the job criteria, but they wouldn't hire her anyway because of her Christian background
- she files a law suit based on religious discrimination
- some media probing of the company shows that it most likely doesn't actually exist, e.g. other local travel companies are not aware of their presence other than online, photos of their assets on the website (planes, hotels etc) are just stock photos, nobody ever answers the phone calls.
There are many articles on this on the web (search for Amaruk and Bethany Paquette, you'll get loads of articles). I first read about it through a link on Fark.com. I am not familiar with Canadian media at all so don't know what to recommend as reliable source, but I know fark people kicked a fuss about some articles (about the anti-Christian discrimination element of it before the media picked up on the additional element of fake company involved) being written by someone called Ezra Levant who I gather isn't a particularly nice individual.
Has anyone else been following the story? Any thoughts on why someone would create a rather elaborate website like that that's most likely fake (that's to me the most interesting aspect of the story)? Just for laughs? Ellaborate trolling of sorts?
- a graduate of a hard line Christian Canadian university called Bethany Paquette applies for a intern job at a wilderness travel company called Amaruk
- she gets rejected, plus a series of ranty e-mails saying that not only she dosn't satisfy the job criteria, but they wouldn't hire her anyway because of her Christian background
- she files a law suit based on religious discrimination
- some media probing of the company shows that it most likely doesn't actually exist, e.g. other local travel companies are not aware of their presence other than online, photos of their assets on the website (planes, hotels etc) are just stock photos, nobody ever answers the phone calls.
There are many articles on this on the web (search for Amaruk and Bethany Paquette, you'll get loads of articles). I first read about it through a link on Fark.com. I am not familiar with Canadian media at all so don't know what to recommend as reliable source, but I know fark people kicked a fuss about some articles (about the anti-Christian discrimination element of it before the media picked up on the additional element of fake company involved) being written by someone called Ezra Levant who I gather isn't a particularly nice individual.
Has anyone else been following the story? Any thoughts on why someone would create a rather elaborate website like that that's most likely fake (that's to me the most interesting aspect of the story)? Just for laughs? Ellaborate trolling of sorts?
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