Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!gregbo From: gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: net.men.only Message-ID: <1132@houxm.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 11:20:28 EST Article-I.D.: houxm.1132 Posted: Sun Feb 10 11:20:28 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 05:49:51 EST References: <476@topaz.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 55 > From: brisco@topaz.ARPA (T.p.) > I am sorry, but I am PISSED. > What would you say about a company that preferentially (<- under > line that) hires race x over race y, or sex q over sex p. Welcome to > my nightmare. You hear (all the time) about such and such Co. being > sued and having to hire oodles of negros/women/gays(whatever). Sorry, > but that sounds like preferential hiring to me. > Fact is: White males are getting the shitty end of the stick > out of this (bullshit) legislation. I am sorry, but I am PISSED. What would you say about a nation that legislates the right of a man to own a- nother one, to work him like an animal, to split up his family, to deny him the rights of all humans. Sorry, this sounds like indecent (and immoral) laws to me. Fact is, blacks, women and gays got the shitty end of the stick (and still do) out of this bullshit organization. > Let me make something clear: > 1) I never owned a negro. > 2) I never hired a man over a women. (I've never hired anyone) > Why is all this shit coming down on me then? I am sorry that you are suffering for the sins of your predecessors. In the hopes that such things do not come to pass again, I would hope that you would labor for blacks, women and gays to obtain equal rights (which at this time, means giving them chances which they otherwise would not be able to get) until such a time as such chances would no longer need to be granted because there would be true equality. > BECAUSE: this is what happens when you let a bunch of pansy-a**ed > liberals run a country. It never occurred to someone that > maybe men are better suited for some jobs than women? > (face it: if you were hiring furniture-movers would'nt you > hire the 200 lb (male) lug over the 115 lb (female) lug?). There are some pretty strong 115 lb women out there. Why should they be denied jobs moving furniture because they are women? Have they been tested for their strength, or did the employers just look at them and say "she'll never be able to lift that lug". Consequently, there are some 200 lb men out there who couldn't pick up a card table (perhaps I exaggerate) but because they look like they can haul furniture, they get the jobs. This argument can be extended to hiring of white males in preference to blacks, women and gays. -- If you wanna ride, don't ride the white horse. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo