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From: zhahai@seismo.CSS.GOV@gaia.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.politics
Subject: Re: pre-employment drug tests
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 15:42:01 EST
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  Hank.Walker@GAUSS.ECE.CMU.EDU writes: (In support of drug testings,
  AIDS testing, etc. for prospective employees):
> 
> If I buy a car, is it okay for me to have a mechanic inspect it 
> first?  If I buy a house, can a contractor look it over?  <...>

If you buy a person, isn't it OK to check them out?  Why stop at drug
tests, do a personality test, political check, racial background
check, etc. to protect your investment and make sure you can amortize
it.  I really do appreciate you being so clear about your attitudes,
since all of your analogies are with objects without civil rights;
apparently the only difference between hiring a human and buying a
coke is that you have a better idea how the coke is going to turn out.
I think your frankness is wonderful; you have expressed the true core
of your differences from those who promote human and civil rights
better than any opponent would have dared, in fear of slandering you.
                Zhahai Stewart


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