On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:53:43 +1100 Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org> writes: > > > I am rather surprised that the majority reaction to this is so > > different from the majority reaction to a poorly executed satire -- > > something which was also claimed to be discriminatory. > > Actually, I agree that most of W. Martin Borgert's list of criteria > (“race, ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or > religion”) are objectionable for job offers using Debian's resources. Which by the way are also guaranteed in the Charter of Rights of Freedoms of Canada (which is the preamble to the constituation (actually I believe it's the Constitution Act or some such, but I digress)). I was in fact surprised to learn that there are people who find age discrimination acceptable. As someone pointed out, leaving a company in two years is just as likely (maybe more likely) for a young candidate so the argument of ROI is crap. It's unfair and unethical discrimination. You might not think so right now because you are young, but when you're older your opinion will likely be different. Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
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