tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5315071219980931972..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Law Promotes DiscriminationGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-21491403309454618312008-10-19T18:08:00.000-06:002008-10-19T18:08:00.000-06:00Hi,Sorry for the long delay in posting your commen...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long delay in posting your comments. I haven't had much access to the Internet over the past couple of days.<BR/><BR/>This all reminds me, now that I think of it again, of another unintended bad effect of "civil rights" law. <BR/><BR/>Due to affirmative action, many are suspicious of the credentials of those whose ethnic groups are favored by such policies, which is understandable, but is grossly unfair to those who did not need any help to succeed.<BR/><BR/>GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-14605772766491335202008-10-17T23:23:00.000-06:002008-10-17T23:23:00.000-06:00This reminds me of the Grisham novel "The Firm." (...This reminds me of the Grisham novel "The Firm." (not so much the film version.) The fictitious Firm in the book has a strict hiring policy of white males, and only those it carefully vets from among the thousands of law graduates each year from the top universities. When the protagonist asks why, he learns that the firm made some "progressive" attempts to breach the race and gender barrier in the past, and always wound up sorry that they did, leaving them to decide that it wasn't worth the risk exposure. Of course, the firm is eventually revealed to have other corruptions, driving the plot along.<BR/><BR/>I can't agree with the firm's continuing hiring rationale, because capitalism naturally rewards pure meritocracy, but the firm's risk-assessment approach is all too realistic and may turn out to have real traction if the legal jihad strengthens in the manner you describe.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125745545009130612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-24967315094620081362008-10-17T10:38:00.000-06:002008-10-17T10:38:00.000-06:00There's that word "force" again. :(As usual, it's ...There's that word "force" again. :(<BR/><BR/>As usual, it's the government meddling that complicates the issue; as you say, it should have nothing whatever to say in the matter. Muslims should not be able to sue over such things, and employers should not be forced to make accommodations or adhere to a certain break policy. <BR/><BR/>In a free market, if the employer really values the workers, they will find a way. Or, there may be certain jobs that are just not appropriate if multiple breaks need to be taken, who can say?<BR/><BR/>I wonder what factories in Indonesia, Turkey, or other majority Muslim countries do.mtnrunner2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974435572236740294noreply@blogger.com