On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:50 PM, justin joseph <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2012/3/14 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[email protected]>: > > On Wednesday 14 Mar 2012, Roopesh P Raj wrote: > >> [snip] > >> Here the Govt. has decided that late night transportation is the duty > >> of companies when it is the companies who are benefiting out of > >> their employees work. Which is a very fare thing to do. It is not > >> that men are safe to travel at odd hours in a place like Bangalore. > >> There are many crimes getting reported against men also. Right thing > >> to do is to make it mandatory for the companies to provide safe > >> transport to male employees also who are working for the company at > >> odd hours. > > > > That's fair enough. My original point (which of course has got mutated > > by people into their own personal anti-capitalistic, anti-corporate or > > pro-socialism peeve) is that laws that penalise organisations for hiring > > women will, eventually, result in fewer women being hired and increase > > gender inequality. Any form of privilege or reservation increases > > inequality and sharpens discrimination, and in general any special > > privilege or reservation is an admission of failure on the part of the > > state. This is just one more example. The only logical next step is, > > once hiring starts dropping, reservations for women in IT jobs. Let the > > State tell us how to run our businesses. > > > > > What about the "reservation" enjoyed by IT industry in terms of huge > tax rebates and other freebies ? > > Socialize loss, privatize profit is the mantra towards a glorious future. Freebies is one of the fundamental rights of corporates. Ain't it, corporate pen pushers? ;)
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