RIP Mike Bullard

[farquhar]

Don’t plead guilty if your innocent.

Maybe in addition to not having any income since losing his radio job, Mike was thinking:

"Ok, I plead out, I take the conditional discharge (which means he has no Criminal Record as long as he behaves himself) and six months probation, and then I get my broadcasting career back on track."

Of course, that never happened. Per the Wikipedia article, he had one broadcasting job on local Mississauga radio in October 2018 that was cancelled 3 months later.

Look, Mike was a POS before this happened. But he still had some cred in the industry; yeah, he was guilty as shit (despite what he said) but he may also have been thinking long-term with this guilty plea.

Mike could have taken the same long-term thought process and listened to Cynthia when she said "No, means no." He didn't.

 

[onomatopoeia]

When I was in school, the word harassment was pronounced hair-ASS-ment, but beginning in 1995, the pronunciation on CITY-TV news changed to HARRIS-ment, right around the time Mike Harris became Premier of Ontario.

Harrassment is essentially verbal abuse. Many people who commit harassment are 'all talk'. Mike Ballard was the host of a show on All Talk radio, (CHAM-AM in Hamilton), for a year.

 

[farquhar]

When I was in school, the word harassment was pronounced hair-ASS-ment, but beginning in 1995, the pronunciation on CITY-TV news changed to HARRIS-ment, right around the time Mike Harris became Premier of Ontario.

Harrassment is essentially verbal abuse. Many people who commit harassment are 'all talk'. Mike Ballard was the host of a show on All Talk radio, (CHAM-AM in Hamilton), for a year.

You know who I'm really upset with? Whomever it was that decided to give Mike Bullard a job in broadcasting in the first place!

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I remember some tv interview he did recounting his days as a motorcycle cop. He said his heart wasn't really in it. He didn't feel it was his job to interfere with people as long as they left him alone.

 

[mandrill]

Maybe in addition to not having any income since losing his radio job, Mike was thinking:

"Ok, I plead out, I take the conditional discharge (which means he has no Criminal Record as long as he behaves himself) and six months probation, and then I get my broadcasting career back on track."

Of course, that never happened. Per the Wikipedia article, he had one broadcasting job on local Mississauga radio in October 2018 that was cancelled 3 months later.

Look, Mike was a POS before this happened. But he still had some cred in the industry; yeah, he was guilty as shit (despite what he said) but he may also have been thinking long-term with this guilty plea.

Mike could have taken the same long-term thought process and listened to Cynthia when she said "No, means no." He didn't.

Of course he was.

It's actually a good deal. He was caught red-handed on the breach bail. He's on a "no contact with the alleged victim" bail order and - hey! - there are some voicemails and / or texts. Ain't no defence to that.

And the harassment calls?.... He called the vic at 3 AM 8 times?.... That's harassment within the CCC definition.

So he pleads out to shit he cannot possibly defend and the Crown drops the rest of the charges and he gets a conditional and watches his pees and q's. And the discharge contains a further no contact term to protect the vic. Crown's happy to skip the trial. Probably the vic as well.

And Bully ducks the worst charges and gets to pretend he's a good guy.

Except his career got fucked and nosedived.

 

[farquhar]

Of course he was.

It's actually a good deal. He was caught red-handed on the breach bail. He's on a "no contact with the alleged victim" bail order and - hey! - there are some voicemails and / or texts. Ain't no defence to that.

And the harassment calls?.... He called the vic at 3 AM 8 times?.... That's harassment within the CCC definition.

So he pleads out to shit he cannot possibly defend and the Crown drops the rest of the charges and he gets a conditional and watches his pees and q's. And the discharge contains a further no contact term to protect the vic. Crown's happy to skip the trial. Probably the vic as well.

And Bully ducks the worst charges and gets to pretend he's a good guy.

Except his career got fucked and nosedived.

Someone resurrected a Facebook post on Reddit which describes that Mike's lawyer told Cynthia that if she read a prepared Victim Impact Statement, the plea deal would be off. Cynthia read her statement anyway.

Then Cynthia did the Chatelaine Interview after which Mike attempted to sue Chatelaine and Rogers Media, which was thrown out by the Judge; as the Judge more or less said the interview did no further damage to Mike's reputation than Mike had already done himself.

 

[shack]

Then Cynthia did the Chatelaine Interview after which Mike attempted to sue Chatelaine and Rogers Media, which was thrown out by the Judge; as the Judge more or less said the interview did no further damage to Mike's reputation than Mike had already done himself.

At least the lawyer got to invoice out more billable hours.

 

[shack]

When I was in school, the word harassment was pronounced hair-ASS-ment,

Actually, I believe that it was pronounce hah-Rass-ment. Never "hair".

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Actually, I believe that it was pronounce hah-Rass-ment. Never "hair".

Reminds me of when Dan Quayle was running for vice president. There were a few politicians I can't remember the names of, that were accused of sexual misconduct. The joke was, Dan Quayle won a spelling bee against them. He was the only one who spelled Harass correctly. He recognized it as being one word.

 

[farquhar]

At least the lawyer got to invoice out more billable hours.

Seems like everyone else was getting paid during this whole thing, while Mike wasn't getting paid jackshit. Funny how that works.

It's also funny that Mike thought he was in the same league as Cynthia in the first place.

 

[onomatopoeia]

When I was in school, the word harassment was pronounced hair-ASS-ment,

Actually, I believe that it was pronounce hah-Rass-ment. Never "hair".

I went to school in Quebec.

Those two pronunciations are similar, with only the first 'a' being hard or soft.

 

[onomatopoeia]

From the Criminal Code of Canada, re: Criminal Harassment:

" 264(1) No person shall, without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) that causes that other person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to them."

The colloquial term is 'stalking'.

The preamble suggests that cops cannot be charged with Criminal Harassment, except in domestic matters.

While I do not in any way condone the behavior, I do see a difference between actions which are threatening, and scenarios where the 'victim' "feels threatened".

There's no place for subjective interpretations of Criminal Code violations based on an individual's personal interpretation of the code subparagraph.

I'll give two examples of things which are not legally threatening, but might cause some people to feel threatened:

Person A is not minding their own business. Person B says "You know what happens to nosy little kitty cats".

Person B points their index finger at Person A, with the thumb raised.

 

[newguy20]

I never understoodhow he got anywhere in showbiz in the first place. Didn't find him funny at all.
I saw him, not too long ago, hosting a comedy night at a small town bar. The kind of gig that probably paid a couple hundred bucks.
He was as abrasive and unfunny as ever.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Rumor is he was close to being homeless before he died.
Like literally staying at friends places.

A girl I used to work with and still friends with posted this on her FB

 

[farquhar]

Rumor is he was close to being homeless before he died.
Like literally staying at friends places.

If the only work Mike could get was doing gigs at Yuk Yuk's and small bars, I can believe that.

 

[tastingyou]

Issues????? He harassed the shit out of his ex. Breached his bail and she and her daughter had to move out of her home for their safety.

That is not simply “issues”. That is totally fucked. Learn to handle a little rejection.

This is a death I don’t give two shits about it. Not that I wished him dead but certainly not sad about it.

He belongs in my GOOD RIDDANCE getting thicker file.

 

[Fun For All]

 

[Fun For All]

🥱man you’re boring.

Just stating facts, if facts piss you off that says more about you than me.

But hey - any chance you can get to come at me you do, so it is not surprising that you would stick up for a guy like him.

Have a good night FFA. Since I know how much your ego needs it, you can have the last word.

Here goes, not one thing you said was correct…it wasn’t facts I was critical of it was your harsh and hostile attitude…I was not sticking up for him…my ego is fine, I’m just not the self righteous human you are.

 

[uchual]

Nothing says more about people than when they talk about someone who just passed away.

 

[Jenesis]

Nothing says more about people than when they talk about someone who just passed away.

Nothing says more about people when they harass others.

People talk about people who have passed all the time. Some of it is good at times. Some of it is bad at times. Depends on how the person lives their life. There are these things called funerals and eulogies and people all across the world talk about celebrity deaths all the time. They even have this thing called Death Pools where people guess who is going to die next. Can you imagine??????

He harassed this women out of her home. He breached his bail by continuing to contact her after he was told not to by the courts. That was all on him.

We are just talking facts here. These are the facts of his life. That is on him. No one else.

Look at what I actually said about my personal feelings on his death. I said this was a death I’m not sad about. I didn’t say I was happy about it, in fact I said I wasn’t happy about it either. Just that I wasn’t sad about it. The rest was all factual.

Notice you didn’t show your dislike to the poster who said good riddance. Your likes and dislikes show more about you. You don’t care about him or his death either. You just don’t like my comments about him. Even though they are factual.