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White men can go jump
2008-12-08
Posted by:tipper

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Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-12-08 19:20  

#16  Right, Bulldog. But it gets seriously Orwellian when employers say they are "Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action" employers. They say it with a straight face too. Boggles my poor, old, feeble, white mind.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2008-12-08 19:08  

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Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-12-08 19:07  

#14  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-12-08 19:03  

#13  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-12-08 18:59  

#12  Mr. Forkbeard has a good question. I suspect the answer is "not too much longer."
Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800   2008-12-08 17:15  

#11  Why agree use a phrase like 'affirmative action'? To do so is to give tacit approval to the Orwellian Newspeak. 'State sanctioned discrimination' is better.
Posted by: Bulldog   2008-12-08 17:01  

#10  Affirmative Action, making white people ride at the back of the rights bus.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2008-12-08 16:51  

#9  We already have that in this country. It's called Affirmative Action.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2008-12-08 15:10  

#8  http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mluphoup/obamaa.jpg
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-12-08 14:54  

#7  Victoria's peak business body expressed concern yesterday about the need for the proposed laws, and questioned if they would undermine the right of companies to make legitimate business decisions

Didn't stop lawmakers in the States. But then again, look where many of the businesses are today.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-12-08 13:30  

#6  Just how outrageous do these people have to get before someone starts hunting them down and TWEPing them?
Posted by: Thenter Forkbeard9933   2008-12-08 12:05  

#5  It's the nature of government to push until people push back. Sometimes with disastrous results.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-12-08 12:05  

#4  Businesses and individuals would be required to change their ways even if a complaint had not been received.

Action could be taken where an unlawful act was "likely to occur", not just in cases where discrimination has taken place.


George Orwell to the white courtesy phone

Flabbergasted I am.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-12-08 11:32  

#3  I recall the Zims did the same thing with successful white farmers - how's that all worked out?

Progressivism - Change, nothing works as well as punishing success!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-12-08 11:15  

#2  "Let's open it up so everyone can have a fair go."

Uh, if white men are discriminated against, how can you say "everyone can have a fair go"?

If you're going to discriminate, at least be honest about it: "fair" outcomes, not fair opportunities. Though guaranteed outcomes is a mighty slippery slope.

Looks like Oz is lost, too. Pommy disease?

Posted by: Spot   2008-12-08 11:14  

#1  "Equal Opportunity [sic] Commission CEO Dr Helen Szoke said males had "been the big success story in business and goods and services".

"Clearly, they will have their position changed because they will be competing in a different way with these people who have been traditionally marginalised," she said.

"Let's open it up so everyone can have a fair go.""


...and all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Posted by: Bulldog   2008-12-08 11:14  

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