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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: Boycotts (was Re: Why are many low-income women fat?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.185424.16070@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec24.014721.23472@wam.umd.edu> <Bzs72C.B2y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec26.174805.28940@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 18:54:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.174805.28940@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >In article <Bzs72C.B2y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- >>rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>> Someone extremely obese might need (at least) a new
- >>> chair, but also a new desk (to go with the chair). This
- >>> isn't guesswork--I had to set up an office for my parents,
- >>> both of whom are over 350.
- >>
- >>The policies are implemented against people who are *not* extremely
- >>obese, just heavier than the weight tables; people who would not
- >>in any way need a special work area.
- >
- >
- > That passes that criterion, then.
- >
- >
- >>>>I think you are not cynical enough. These companies are not
- >>>>discriminating against Andre the Giant type people, but against
- >>>>Lech Walesa and Roseanne Barr type people.
- >>
- >>> Also, it takes a lot to convince me of discrimination.
- >>
- >>In many cases, these policies are a matter of public record. For
- >>example, in the case of the systems analyst, she was explicitly
- >>told by her contact at the employment agency that Sun would not
- >>hire her.
- >
- >
- > And number two.
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- Just for the record, it is my understanding that Sun is not hiring
- -any- temporaries, at all, and this has been the policy for the last
- several years. This is unqualified, regardless of sex, height, or
- planet of origin, they will not hire any temps as permanant.
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- Even reading your text, I cannot see any implication of discrimination.
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- > "If you can't eat sand, why the hell are you living in a desert?"
- >
- > Equality is a delusion, suffering is a fairy tale and God is a fantasy.
- > Blaming society for inequality is like blaming the sky for rain.
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- Rich
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