Affirmative action: promoting the incompetent[views:2857][posts:38]_________________________________________ [Feb 22,2009 6:26pm - Conservationist ""] A Seattle firefighter who was the top scorer on a promotional test but was denied promotion, while a lower-scoring African-American co-worker was promoted, has won his appeal and will have a trial in his case against the city. In 2003 Dumont scored 99 on the Civil Service test and received an additional 6 points for in-service qualifications, for 105 out of a possible 110, highest of any candidates for promotion, according to the Court of Appeals documents. But he was passed over for the job as fireboat engineer in favor of Eric Lanier. Lanier, court documents say, scored 83.9 on the test but received the maximum 10 points for in-service qualifications for a total of 93.9, which ranked him third on the promotion list. According to court documents, Dumont had no disciplinary complaints in his file, but Lanier’s personnel file showed he had been subjected to official discipline 17 times during his career, including two suspensions. In the other four instances, the promoted person was a racial or ethnic minority, while the top-scoring person was a white male, court documents say. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca...s/2008764850_discrimination20m.html |
| ___________________________________________________________________ [Feb 22,2009 6:38pm - HI BILLY MAYS HERE /w LOVELY MANDY BLAKE ""] HI BILLY MAYES HERE. FUCKING SPOOKS FUCKING UP MAH BIG CITY SLIDER SHIT WITH THEIR WATERMELONS AND GANGSTA RAP. CALL GLENN BECK AND MY MAN HAL TURNER. THEM NIGGERS BE HANGING HERCULES HOOKS BY DAWN. NOT THAT YOU FUCKING RTTP JEWS DESERVE IT. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 4:28am - sacreligion ""] oh hi 25 years ago. here's your argument back. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 10:53am - orgymf@work ""] sacreligion said:oh hi 25 years ago. here's your argument back. of all the gay, smarmy, lame attempts at a witty sarcastic comment in the history of return to the pit, this, is the biggest and most epic fail. congrats buddy |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 11:12am - Conservationist ""] You know something has hit home when the responses to it are flails. |
| __________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 11:29am - darkwor ""] Affirmitive action in Seattle? It's more likely than you think. Hope this guy rightly wins his case. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:08pm - orgymf@work ""] Conservationist said:You know something has hit home when the responses to it are flails. SERIOUSLY |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:19pm - sacreligion ""] orgymf@work said: sacreligion said:oh hi 25 years ago. here's your argument back. of all the gay, smarmy, lame attempts at a witty sarcastic comment in the history of return to the pit, this, is the biggest and most epic fail. congrats buddy i'm right though, so i don't really care what your smarmy, lame attempt at a witty burn suggests. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:29pm - orgymf@work ""] 1.it wasn't an attempt at a burn, nor was it smarmy, or an attempt at wit. 2.you are definately not right, this arguement is still current and relevant as long as it is still a problem 3.if you did not care, you would not have responded....would you sweetie? |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:34pm - default.user ""] I have to agree with conservationist. It should be based on individual experience and achievement NOT the color of your skin. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:48pm - ouchdrummer ""] ^^obviously.^^ |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 12:51pm - Conservationist ""] default.user said:It should be based on individual experience and achievement NOT the color of your skin. I agree. History also lets us know that "diversity" destroys nations, so for other reasons I oppose multiculturalism. |
| _______________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:01pm - aril ""] This sounds very similar to the kitchen table argument in American History X. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:03pm - orgymf@work ""] aril said:This sounds very similar to the kitchen table argument in American History X. "I WILL CUT YOUR SHYLOCK NOSE OFF! YOU THINK I'M JUST GONNA SIT HERE AND SMILE WHILE SOME KIKE TRIES TO FUCK MY MOM? YOU SEE THIS? IT MEANS NOT WELCOME!!" |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:03pm - orgymf@work ""] oh....wait, wrong AHX dinner convo. hah |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:07pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Oh, you mean the convo where the guy gets raped in the shower? |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:32pm - orgymf@work ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Oh, you mean the convo where the guy gets raped in the shower? haha |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:54pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] "Awkwarrrrrrd..." |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 1:58pm - Conservationist ""] aril said:This sounds very similar to the kitchen table argument in American History X. If you can't win an argument, call the opposition Nazis. Godwin's law to the rescue FTW |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:14pm - arilliusbm ""] You ever hear about that the real ending to AhX was going to be?? |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:26pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] You mean the big dance number? |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:28pm - arilliusbm ""] oh, i thouht it was more like one giant public school urination on the true john connor's dead body. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:32pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] reverse discrimination is counter-productive. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:35pm - arilliusbm ""] Anyone remember when Bill Cosby smashed most of today's black culture? He thinks it's pathetic. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:36pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Can anyone disagree with him? |
| ______________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:37pm - Lamp ""] Bill Cosby is 100% right. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:39pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] That's not to say that today's white youth/culture is equally as pathetic. White kid's trying to be like a bunch of YO's? Lacking intelligence and deforming the English language is the "in" thing. Sad, really. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 2:51pm - arilliusbm ""] The worst is the generation that is in highschool right now. They're actually writing "cuz" and "u" on essays for school. The english language is being watered down by the youth, mainly because technology is making them LAZY and incapable. It's a sad, sad future for 85% of American children. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 23,2009 3:22pm - Yeti ""] anyone under the age of 21 right now is a useless piece of shit. |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 4:49pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] HOW COULD THE LESSONS OF THE HUXTABLE FAMILY FALL ON DEAF EARS?!? |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 4:50pm - largefreakatzero ""] Yeti said:anyone under the age of 21 right now is a useless piece of shit. Not if you can afford a hot little 19 yo girlfriend. And by "girlfriend" I mean arm candy that speaks only when spoken to. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 4:52pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] In addition to not being based on the color of your skin or gender can we also add "My dad's a firefighter and his dad was a firefighter! So even though I'm an oxy popping shithead who couldn't even finish 10th grade and will show up high for the physical exam I'm going to get a job with the BFD" to the list of things not considered? |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 4:55pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] No, regular nepotism is still OK. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 7:18pm - Conservationist ""] Fuck nepotism, but hail a caste system -- problem solved. [img] |
| ____________________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 9:31pm - Typical Liberal Douchebag ""] Quaint, some person from the interesting flyover states has graced us with his presence. I'm sure he knows how to match a scarf to a sweater -- not! How utterly out of fashion. |
| _______________________________ [Feb 23,2009 9:42pm - dftg ""] sacreligion said: orgymf@work said: sacreligion said:oh hi 25 years ago. here's your argument back. of all the gay, smarmy, lame attempts at a witty sarcastic comment in the history of return to the pit, this, is the biggest and most epic fail. congrats buddy i'm right though, so i don't really care what your smarmy, lame attempt at a witty burn suggests. no, you aren't. And we know you don't care about his opinion. You wouldn't be having this argument if you cared about anyone's opinion other than your own. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Feb 23,2009 10:34pm - Typical Liberal Douchebag ""] Caring about the opinions of the hoi polloi (that means "Republicans, auto mechanics and other red state second-raters" in French) smacks of declasse indulgence. Cannot we find some more stimulating topic to discuss, like the great successes of affirmative action in producing the Huxtable Era? |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 24,2009 1:22pm - orgymf@work ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:In addition to not being based on the color of your skin or gender can we also add "My dad's a firefighter and his dad was a firefighter! So even though I'm an oxy popping shithead who couldn't even finish 10th grade and will show up high for the physical exam I'm going to get a job with the BFD" to the list of things not considered? i would find someone who is qualified losing a job to such a situation, just as annoying as the above listed story. all forms of bias are fucked up..... |
| ____________________________________________________ [Feb 24,2009 4:23pm - Typical Liberal Douchebag ""] orgymf@work said:all forms of bias are fucked up..... Relax. The only people who have bias are the majority in their suburban homes. They oppose us. We recognize they are dinosaurs, and so are rightly biased against them. |