On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote:
> At the end of the day humans have to actively WORK to be unbiased > given a set of sameness no matter what the quality you pick is. > > And that's why programs like Affirmative Action work and are needed: > it's the only way to make competency the sameness and therefore the > basis of the discrimination. Any time a person skin color comes into play, it is not biased. I would argue that affirmative action makes competency less of an issue than skin color. Going back quite a few years, the NYFD was accused of discrimination because there was a disproportionate number of women who failed the physical exam (not checked out by a doctor, but the test to determine if a person can physically do the job of a fireman such as carry hoses up a ladder, carrying a dummy to simulate a human, etc..). What was the proposed solution? That the women needed to pass a different, less stringent test so that ore women could pass. That makes no sense to me, and puts people's lives in danger. If you can't do the job - whether its because of physical or intellectual reasons - you should not get the job...period. The color of your skin, to be an including or excluding factor, should NEVER come into play. If it does, its discrimination any way you slice it. -- Scott Stroz --------------- The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
