From: paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
To: “Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM” <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
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From: paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 05:58:03 -0800 (PST)
To: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
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> > PS. His sexist comments are rubbish too. I usually like his crypto posts,
> > however, as long as they are technical rather than legal...
>
> Paul's sexist comments are very interesting - I hope to find more time to
> comment on them too. I don't know if they have the same kind of "affirmative
> action" in the U.K. that they have in the U.S. - here if you find a woman
> in the position of authority, there's a good chance that she was promoted
> ahead of more qualified men to meet some quota, and is therefore incompetent.
We do not have such laws as far as I`m aware (I try to know as little
as possible about law and finance/econimics as I find them intensely
boring, even if they are necessary knowledge as a proponent of
freedom of action and speech) but in my experience a number of
employers promote women ahead of men in order to avoid costly
industrial tribunals brought for discrimination. I also believe for
the same reasons a lot of known homosexuals, blacks, <insert minority
group of choice here> are promoted ahead of more qualified white,
straight males.
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Paul Bradley, Paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
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