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June 11th, 2002, 08:39 AM
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here's a thread gaureteed to cause controversy...
ok, i'll admit its inspired elseware(namely http://www.michaelmoore.com/cgi-bin/...&f=17&t=000157 but dont bother trying to read it all...i'm about to sum up the points important to this post). basically what that thread says is that if anybody doesnt like the ideas of "feminism" you are either a "Whiny little white boys, or crybaby caucasians"...am i the only one who this pisses off?
i mean personally, as a "whiny little white boy", i have ALOT agaist feminism, as i do against all "special intrest" equality groups. its groups like these that are the reason they had to change the PSAT's to include a section that girls would do better on because there was a difference in the scores(i know its petty, but thats just the first example that came to mind). its groups like these that force different standards for different groups to get the SAME jobs.
now, while the idiot white supremisist in that thread has alot of poits wrong, he does have some right...such as when he talks about "artificial equality". i mean why is it that the physical standards for a woman to get a job as a police officer in connecticut is a joke while the standards for men are quite high? for instance(all numbers gathered from www.policecertification.com - a website for the company that does the physical testing in CT, where i happen to work from time to time):
a 21 year old male has to do 40 situps in 60 seconds, sit and reach 17.5", benchpress 106% of his weight, and run a mile and a half in 11 mins 49 seconds
while a 21 year old female has to do only 35 situps in 60 seconds, sit and reach 20", benchpress 65% of her weight, and run a mile and a half in 14:08
now, look at these standards. they are drastically different, but they HAVE to be to avoid "sex discrimination" law suits. there is nothing fair or just about this. if we are going to do physical assesment, it should be UNIVERSAL(btw, this includes getting rid of the different requirements for different ages). what i want to see is the only fastest strongest cops, only the best coders, only the most proficiant at WHATEVER the job is. down with artificial "equilisation" because it is anything but.
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