Do you believe equality is beneficial or detrimental to society?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mark

but me getting bumped from a internal job competition because I wasn't a one legged french speaking native women a little unfair.

That isnt equality though, that's preferential placement based on pre-defined criteria, designed to meet social objectives. Equality is all else being equal, you get bumped because she was a better choice for the position.

[mark]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That isnt equality though, that's preferential placement based on pre-defined criteria, designed to meet social objectives. Equality is all else being equal, you get bumped because she was a better choice for the position.

obviously overstating but in the Federal Gov't this goes under equity placement assumed to make up for past hiring so we have a more equally representative work force.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mark

obviously overstating but in the Federal Gov't this goes under equity placement assumed to make up for past hiring so we have a more equally representative work force.

Yes, we had the same one legged individual in the provincial gov . But we can't confuse politically correct equity placement with equality. The basis of equality, as far as the workforce goes, should be equal oppurtunity and equal compensation for equal effort. That's just my take on it though

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by mark

obviously overstating but in the Federal Gov't this goes under equity placement assumed to make up for past hiring so we have a more equally representative work force.

actualy it is target hiring which is what the goverment does to try achieve a proportinate ethnic workforce. not equality hiring at all. in equality hiring genders, race, religion are usaly hidden from the interviewers untill the final selection.

Steve

[Myka]

Ok...so the point of this poll:

I have a theory that equality is detrimental to marriages and crime in particular (among many other things). I was wondering any of you would come up with this idea on your own.

Speaking IMO, I believe that by society trying to push equality (among other things) on everyone that men are feeling more inferior than they have in the past. Men have a natural want/need of "me look after woman". With women supposedly having equality in particular place like the workplace men aren't given what used to be their man-time where they go to work at a "manly job" working with men talking about whatever (godawful) things they want to. I really believe men have this need. Now women are barging about their workplace, now they can't talk about godawful things, and can't "be men". This gets taken home where their wife - now a journey[wo]man welder - makes more money than him. Wife wears the pants, and bosses the man around the house. Now man feels like child, which is exactly what woman treats him like. There goes the sex-life, who wants to have sex with a child? (ok some do, but that's not this topic) Without a sex-life the marriage doesn't do so well. (unless you're Mennonite, but they get manly men - kind of)

In the case of crime, everyone's "equal" right? People are taught from a young age to be equal to eachother which creates a society that disrespects authority because, "hey they're equal, right?"

I really believe equality is a brick in the wall, but it's a big brick. Just my (quite random) thoughts...

[Boomboy]

i like this thread many of you have said some very interesting things,i hope this thread keeps going.

[EmilyB]

Women are superior to men. No question...

[Myka]

I disagree. I believe men are superior, they just aren't allowed to be anymore.

[muck]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That isnt equality though, that's preferential placement based on pre-defined criteria, designed to meet social objectives. Equality is all else being equal, you get bumped because she was a better choice for the position.

If they were truly equal who would get the job?

[elitesurfer]

Originally Posted by muck

If they were truly equal who would get the job?

toss a coin?