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Chris Gull
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:00 am
Post subject: Re: townhome and townhouse |
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Chris Gull wrote down at the bottom:
"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:giamq0d40ta36s0ur31kb1jann7jb93fs6@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On 29 Nov 2004 07:19:34 GMT, Areff <me@privacy.net> wrote:
You
might find an executive that has a bias against married employees or
single employees, but you are just as likely to find an executive that
has a bias against tall people or fat people.
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| Quote: | Before there's a need to regulate behavior, you should show that
there's some reason the behavior is detrimental to some group. When
the behavior itself - asking "Are you married?" - is not conclusively
detrimental, the regulation is both unnecessary and restrictive.
You cannot regulate the attitudes and biases of individuals.
I should imagine that it depends upon how you interpret "regulate". |
Fundamentally you are quite correct. It cannot be possible to regulate
something that does not exist. Attitudes and biases are "virtual" qualities
of mind that only manifest upon utterance or presentation.
Therefore, unregulatory.
Having said this, there have been many attempts to regulate such things
(or should I say "thinks"). I live in an area of the world that has suffered
such attempts (at least) twice in the last hundred years.
As to being bias against *whatever*, I challenge any individual to try
not being biased against something, especially if this bias is caused by
something experienced at an early age. A red-headed bully once hurt
me. I know that red headed people are not overly hurtful, but I still tend
to avoid conversations with red headed men when "out on the town".
To ask "Are you married" is not a biased question. Nor do I find it
unnecessary for example, if you are admitting members to
a singles club.
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Chris Gull
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:03 am
Post subject: Re: townhome and townhouse |
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:12:07 +0100, "Chris Gull" <gull@wolfsburg.de>
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| Quote: | As to being bias against *whatever*, I challenge any individual to try
not being biased against something, especially if this bias is caused by
something experienced at an early age. A red-headed bully once hurt
me. I know that red headed people are not overly hurtful, but I still tend
to avoid conversations with red headed men when "out on the town".
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From my experiences with the behavior of red-headed boys and men, that
is a case of having a perfectly reasonable bias. It shouldn't be
applied to red-headed women in general, I've found, and certainly not
to women with auburn hair -- among the fairest and gentlest creatures
on earth.
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Charles Riggs
They are no accented letters in my email address |
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don groves
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:05 am
Post subject: Re: townhome and townhouse |
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In article <0itbr0517mve4hetjbh3d42q3crn0bpaaq@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
| Quote: | On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:12:07 +0100, "Chris Gull" <gull@wolfsburg.de
wrote:
As to being bias against *whatever*, I challenge any individual to try
not being biased against something, especially if this bias is caused by
something experienced at an early age. A red-headed bully once hurt
me. I know that red headed people are not overly hurtful, but I still tend
to avoid conversations with red headed men when "out on the town".
From my experiences with the behavior of red-headed boys and men, that
is a case of having a perfectly reasonable bias. It shouldn't be
applied to red-headed women in general, I've found, and certainly not
to women with auburn hair -- among the fairest and gentlest creatures
on earth.
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And with hazel eyes. So many of them now weeping and sighing,
"Why did Charles leave us?"
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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