Comments on: January 27 roundup

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:18:40 +0000

“I can’t imagine what group of people they are trying to protect from “discrimination”.”

That’s easy: the unreliable. Why they are a protected class is another question.

By: The Briefcase » Friday Roundup

The Briefcase » Friday Roundup — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:17:05 +0000

[…] first I thought this was from The Onion. Speaking of Overlawyered, they cite this article from the London Telegraph: Nicole Mamo, 48, wanted to post an advert for a […]

By: Ted Frank

Ted Frank — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:17 +0000

In both this case, and the Moriarty case, it seems to be the problem of especially dim intake workers at the Jobcentre who misinterpreted the command “No discriminatory advertisements.” As few are foolish enough to submit a “men-only” or “whites-only” ad, the intake worker’s imagination about the command runs wild.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:26:40 +0000

Even from a PC perspective prohibiting the use of the word reliable in a job ad doesn’t make any sense. I can’t imagine what group of people they are trying to protect from “discrimination”.

By: Moriarty

Moriarty — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:16:25 +0000

The UK employment ad story has happened before.

By: roy

roy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:10:33 +0000

The UK’s labor policy seems to be designed to work by encouraging satirists to take up more productive careers.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:42 +0000

1. My, you don’t even begin to scratch the surface of the schadenfreude in those Edwards links.

2. This is a comment about how much I appreciated clicking the Clarke link.

Ted Frank
Cleveland, OH