Ah yes, that is the problem because having a separate point of view makes me part of the bad guys. It took me awhile to realize that drawing distinctions based on color, sexual orientation etc. is wrong regardless of who makes that distinction (the company or the government). We can't solve the problem by switching victims.
We do agree that not hiring someone based on the color of their skin is foolish. Shouldn't people have the right to be foolish with their own property?
I think the victory of civil rights was sweeping away the laws that made these distinctions. I think the failure was placing in new laws that kept the distinctions as the primary differentiating factor.
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Re: Tiresome
Date: 2007-08-07 06:35 pm (UTC)We do agree that not hiring someone based on the color of their skin is foolish. Shouldn't people have the right to be foolish with their own property?
I think the victory of civil rights was sweeping away the laws that made these distinctions. I think the failure was placing in new laws that kept the distinctions as the primary differentiating factor.