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- From: jrd@frame.com (James Drew)
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- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 11:44:05 -0600
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- Gary Strand (gary@colossus.cgd.ucar.edu) continues to spew:
-
- > I don't see the reasoning behind the "discrimination is bad except in these
- > cases: whites, males, straights, non-handicapped, &c" as legitimate.
-
- Whites *are* protected from discrimination, based on race.
- Men *are* protected, based on gender.
- I can't recall the rest of the standard EEO policy, but if it includes a
- protection for "handicapped," then it uses a term like "disability,"
- meaning that the non-disabled *are* likewise protected.
-
- The law says, "You may not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, etc."
- It does not say, "You may not discriminate because they are black, female,
- Jewish, etc." Thus, the "mainline" WASP genotype *is* protected.
-
- In my opinion, quotas are a bad thing, and that time that you were let go so
- that a married guy could have your job, you probably should have gone to court,
- as you should have been protected by marital status. (If you just let it
- slide, figuring it wasn't worth it, then you are part of the problem, not the
- solution.)
-
- ------------------------------
- | We guided the guy dressed as a nun up Dore
- Jim Drew | Alley, to see the dead guy dressed as a nun.
- jrd@frame.com | "Oh, this isn't one of *us,*" he said, and
- (Furry: Randy Puritan) | started patting down the dead nun's habit, until
- "Innocent, but not naive." | he found a silver flask of alcohol.
- B2h t w- c k s g+(p) rv p | "We're the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
- S8/5 g l+ y+ o+ a+ u++- j++ | This used to be one of the Sisters of Perpetual
- {opinions: mine != frame's} | Inebriation. They're down at the other end of
- | the fair.
- | - Marc Lynx, "Awl's Fare"
-