Comments on: On gender, L.A. fire department can’t win for losing https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 17 May 2008 04:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: urban fireman https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7695 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:06:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7695 The Chicago reverse discrimination suit was for a different test, a Lt’s promotion test. The net result is the same, dammed by both sides. Things have reached the sad state of needing reading tutors for minority candidates in the academy. The problem is no longer the unfit for the fire service, but where to hide them all, there’s just too many.

Walter, big stink, cmon you know she is still on the job, and soon to take the Lt’s test, all the better to get back at all the mean men who held her to a standard she could never meet.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7694 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:11:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7694 A few years ago, a video was released in Frisco showing female candidated repeated failure to handle ladders and hoses. Big stink. Who released that video?
Some day, someone will sue on behalf of the unrescued.

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7693 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:59:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7693 I don’t care if I burn to death in a fire. As long as the fire department is sufficiently diverse, we’re all better off. We need to keep our eye on what’s important, people.

]]> By: Andrew Engel https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7692 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:45:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7692 Doesn’t this one sorta pull you in two directions. On the one hand, this guy fights back for reason in the only forum that is open to him. On the other, he is given a huge sum of money when there is limited economical damage. Pain and suffering? Come on!

]]> By: rbb https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7691 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:28:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7691 In the Air Force, the toughest physical standards for women were for 18 year old females and the standards are lowered for age. The sad part was that the standards for a 50+ year old male were tougher than those of an 18 year old female…

]]> By: Steve https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/06/on-gender-la-fire-department-cant-win-for-losing/comment-page-1/#comment-7690 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:18:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4996#comment-7690 When I was in the police academy, the female cadets were allowed to WALK the 1.5 miles “run” and only needed to complete 20 “girl” push-ups. Thus, I wasn’t surprised when I when I made it to patrol, they were completely useless. Seems kind of obvious to me, but then again I’m not as wise as the federal judges who implement these “progressive” policies.

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