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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination and AA and Racism
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Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 17:34:07 EDT
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> From: robertp@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon)
> The whole idea of having a law is to FORCE people who disagree with
> you to do what you want.  

Silly me.  And here I thought that the whole idea of having a law was to
protect individual liberties and promote general welfare.

> The idea that these employers will "implement AA in a fair and
> rational manner" is ludicrous.  

True enough.  Which is why we need legislation.  It's pretty clear that
telling employers that discrimination is morally repugnant is not enough.

> Most laws are full of loopholes, irrational provisions, and nasty
> side effects. People who disapprove of the law will of course take
> advantage of this.  All of this is utterly predicatble. If you
> complain that a law isn't having the effect you envisioned, the fault
> is in the law, not the public.

True again, but I don't see that as justification for not trying to right
some grossly obvious wrongs.
-- 
Melinda Shore
University of Chicago Computation Center

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