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One Brow said:
Since I live better than the leaders of Jerusalem back in the BC era, it would even be true.
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This is just so fun I can't help myself. . . . .

I could readily understand why a person would reject religion if their measure of comprehension of "religion" consists of the physical possession accumulation and/or creature comforts and/or epicurean pleasures in the here and now.

Yep, if it's all about pleasure sensations like ego, food, comfort. . . . you're correct to reject a God who is defined by character, virtue, intelligence, mercy and compassion.


uhhh. . . .. I know it's not that simple for OB. . . . OK, give him credit for his laborious campaigns in here to establish a higher standard of reason and logic. . . .
 
One Brow said:
I just thought I was making an off-hand comment based on Psalm 82:6. You brought it to a whole new level.
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Looked to me like about five consecutive jokes there, leading to your own. I don't follow you closely for every remark you make, but unless you've made some recent adjustments I view you from my own pompous assininty as one who prefers your own "sense-certainties" (which you consider to be "science" and/or "professionalism") as better than other modes humans grasp in the attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible. . . for which the word "God" is a convenient euphemism. . . .

So yes, I'm making hyperbole. . .. and I'm aware that I'm really not on a significantly better footing for "popping off". When faced with obvious human inadequacy compounded with human audacity, it's best to use a little humor. . . .
 
Question (kind of tangential to moe's post): to stop being racist what do we have to do when we get no applicants, or very few, for any kind of posted position (say a job opening or college admissions)? So for the supervisor spot we are hiring for, I got a grand total of 48 resumes. I am going through them all now and picking out people to interview. I make copies and cut the names off of each one (actually my secretary does) and that has actually been my practice for years, not due to the whole race thing, but more because I tend to tie experiences to people and names, so if someone applied named, oh let's say Dave, I don't want to be biased because of that terrible experience I had with Dave that one time (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas my ***). So after I pare the list down to a dozen or so, if none of them happen to be of color, am I obligated to go back through the list to generate a better racial profile or something so I can make sure I am getting a representative sample and not allowing my automatic built-in racism to taint the results?
 
LogGrad98 said:
Question (kind of tangential to moe's post): to stop being racist what do we have to do when we get no applicants, or very few, for any kind of posted position (say a job opening or college admissions)? So for the supervisor spot we are hiring for, I got a grand total of 48 resumes. I am going through them all now and picking out people to interview. I make copies and cut the names off of each one (actually my secretary does) and that has actually been my practice for years, not due to the whole race thing, but more because I tend to tie experiences to people and names, so if someone applied named, oh let's say Dave, I don't want to be biased because of that terrible experience I had with Dave that one time (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas my ***). So after I pare the list down to a dozen or so, if none of them happen to be of color, am I obligated to go back through the list to generate a better racial profile or something so I can make sure I am getting a representative sample and not allowing my automatic built-in racism to taint the results?
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If you are removing the names (and similar identifying markers) entirely before you even read the resumes, I don't think anything else can be done at the reading step.

However, if you business has, say, 12% black people/50% female, and in the past five times you've done this, none or one person was black/female, perhaps you should ask yourself why. Do they feel like their resumes will be taken seriously? Have they been getting the same opportunities to have mentors and role models? When you decide ahead of time what the standards are, do you account for the possibly diminished opportunities they have received to get college degrees, school recognition, etc.?

Has there been a particular absence from your applicant stack, say a worker with very good scores, perhaps one that even is known to be helpful to other new employees, whose applications haven't made it to your desk? Did you even think about asking them why? Some won't be interested in any sort of promotion, of course, but you might be surprised that there are some you think should apply, but who don't think they'll be considered seriously.
 
Log, OneBrow. . . . . I just gotta say if poor white men are disproportionately hobbled with problems like this in our post-modern society, social justice demands that we just shut down the whole product-obsessed economy so more poor white men can become successful couch potatos staying at home and living the good life of managing the TV "controllers", eating oh, say. . . . Doritos. . .or whatever snack hasn't yet been forbidden by the lords of liberalism yet. . . .

How can we deny any class of folks the glories of our post-productive fiat economic opportunities?
 
No thanks, babe.
I think the world is sinking under the weight of all the fat-assed white men and women we already have.
 
babe said:
Log, OneBrow. . . . . I just gotta say if poor white men are disproportionately hobbled with problems like this in our post-modern society, social justice demands that we just shut down the whole product-obsessed economy so more poor white men can become successful couch potatos staying at home and living the good life of managing the TV "controllers", eating oh, say. . . . Doritos. . .or whatever snack hasn't yet been forbidden by the lords of liberalism yet. . . .

How can we deny any class of folks the glories of our post-productive fiat economic opportunities?
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Best. Potato. Chip. Ever.

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LogGrad98 said:
Best. Potato. Chip. Ever.

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So this is your company's product that you work day and night to sufficiently distribute over the face of the planet.

I've eaten some. . . mmmmmmm. . . . need some more. . . . .

any possibility you could arrange to have a truck dump a load at my place?
 
babe said:
So this is your company's product that you work day and night to sufficiently distribute over the face of the planet.

I've eaten some. . . mmmmmmm. . . . need some more. . . . .

any possibility you could arrange to have a truck dump a load at my place?
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I wish. If so I would be well into shamu territory by now. These are just my favorite chips. The only problem with them is that they are perfectly balanced, crunchy, sweet, salty, tangy, mmmm, so you can sit and eat an entire large bag (or 3) in one sitting.
 
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