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I wonder if this cleric, Zamzami Abdul Bari, is not simply "trolling".
Anyone saying necrophilia and pregnant women drinking alcohol is permisible would be looked as nuts. A muslim cleric saying the same things must look even nuttier.

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/27/11429972-exclusive-snopa-would-ban-employers-schools-from-demanding-facebook-passwords?lite

Lawmakers may actually do something right.

You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.

Ok, why?

...other than all laws are bad, market should let businesses demand anything they want blah blah blah.

Edited by Negoba - April 27 2012 at 15:47

You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.

^I also believe that. But having said that, it's nice to see one law where the concern of evey day people is put above that one of arguably more powerful ones.

The sad fact is, many companies engage in social engineering of the worst sort, far worse than anything the government can dream up. Here (U.S.) many won't hire smokers (I'm no longer one by the way, so I've got not dog in the fight). They cost too much in terms of absentee days and health costs. Next up, women of child-bearing age, who are notorious consumers of absentee days, family leave, and health care costs (and bring along a new one with them to boot!, which just perpetuates the cycle). We don't even need to mention homosexuals and AIDS and partner benefits and so on. Eh, send it all overseas, where there are none of these pesky regulations. Eh, what's a little Bhopal in the grand scheme of things.

Next up, those of us who didn't die before we got old.

I should add, for my last job, I underwent a DMV check, and FBI database check, and a credit check, and who knows what other nefarious databases they look at, just so they could make sure I was a reasonable type person. I was hired, for in spite of growing up in the '60s, I've always kept a clean house. Az Pynchon sez, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. Truer words were never spoken, not these days.

Edited by jammun - April 28 2012 at 21:30

Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.

Epignosis wrote:

Outrageous.

I know the father says he won't sue but he should. Having to pay would be a better punishment for that repulsive act than just the apology he wants. That's what I would do at least, and try no matter what that such a disgusting group of people can never be in front of a classroom again, at least not one made of children that are even more defenseless than normal.

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I know there's Dune fans on this forum. French engineers have created a wind-trap.

Aww, I wanted a thopter.

Anyway... I love the page-title on Eole Water's website: "Give us wind, we give you water" ...

What?

Vibrationbaby wrote:

I read in my local paper that some moron billionaire in Australia with more brains than money is building a replica of the Titanic. Hope this tub hits a reef on it's maiden voyage and sinks and all the idiots who survive the sinking are eaten alive by great white sharks..

How many people could you could you feed with the money it's going to build this piece of junk?

Couldn't find a link on the web.

And why isn't he allowed to do what he wants with his own money?

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I believe that an employer can put any condition upon accepting employment just as an employee can place any conditions upon accepting employment. I think businesses shouldn't do the practice, but I see no reason to enforce it by law.

New Particle Discovered!

Any condition? Seriously?

"Hey, girl, you’ll get the job if you give me sex three times a week."

He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)

Good luck with trying to get a porn actress to handover her Facebook password though.

What?