tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875146.post6137167406565237096..comments2023-11-02T04:19:39.789-07:00Comments on Behind The Irony Curtain: The New Haven Fire Fighters & The Supremacist Courtmetanoia2khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676485562618409658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875146.post-39846146858166220092009-07-15T08:39:11.565-07:002009-07-15T08:39:11.565-07:00Interesting perspective.
What took place in 1968 ...Interesting perspective.<br /> What took place in 1968 does not apply today. What happened in New haven was not the same.<br /> They changed the parameters when their ethnic quota was not reached. No one sued because the test was ethnically biased, they sued because they changed the rules when mostly Caucasians were the only ones who scored high enough.<br /> That is reverse discrimination and kodiakgriffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11273649362365682145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875146.post-4384386865568753362009-07-05T06:38:44.558-07:002009-07-05T06:38:44.558-07:00Well said metanoia2k.
This is why many laws outsi...Well said metanoia2k.<br /><br />This is why many laws outside the United States do not consider 'intent' at all, but only effect. The effect is the same regardless of intent, and punishing deliberate malice solely for being deliberate malice rather than for the harm it causes is dangerously close to punishing people for what they think. The tangible effects of policy are what matters, Eclectic_Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875146.post-44163354799491906262009-06-30T02:19:43.367-07:002009-06-30T02:19:43.367-07:00it is like changing a rule of civil procedure by r...it is like changing a rule of civil procedure by replacing "preponderance of evidence" with "beyond a shadow of a doubt". When the burden of proof is so high as to have to prove an 'intention' despite a demonstrable effect, then that burden colors the notion of due process for complainants. How can I address an indisputable disparity if intention provides an umbrella metanoia2khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676485562618409658noreply@blogger.com