Greenpeace activists on a crane at the heart of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor site in Finland to protest at alleged safety problems. Areva has been accused of 'lack of professionalism' over safety. Photograph: Greenpeace/Reuters
Posted on 10/26/2009 2:47:09 PM PDT by onehitfrag
Have you ever heard about a woman named Mary Dyer? She was condemned by the Puritans in 1660s for her Quaker beliefs. The Puritans believed in religious freedom for themselves (and, I guess, some other Calvinists). But they didn’t hesitate to persecute those who wandered off of the Calvinist reservation. That said, it would be wrong to judge them by today’s standards. The entire Western world was involved in religious struggles of various kinds, and they were merely acting like everyone else did at the time.
No, but Baptists, Quakers, Catholics and others were generally given the choice to either convert to Puritanism or be banished from living in Puritan-controlled areas. If they stuck around unconverted, they could be heavily fined or subjected to various corporal punishments.
and truth is always a defense.
LOL. Looks to me like she definitely wants to hire the young women...did I say that out loud.
Actually, while not being beheaded, Baptists were dispossessed of their property and expelled from the Bay Colony and other Puritan strongholds. Some were also whipped for preaching, too, IIRC.
That’s OK as long as its not *racist* or *sexist* nuclear debris. It must be politically correct nuclear debris and kill only straight white males.
Greenpeace activists on a crane at the heart of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor site in Finland to protest at alleged safety problems. Areva has been accused of 'lack of professionalism' over safety. Photograph: Greenpeace/Reuters
I don't know about France, but in the US it is just about impossible to discriminate against straight white males under the age of 50; possibly 55. Why? They're not a member of a protected class. Neither are Asian or Indian males in that age range.
Been a while so if we've got a labor lawyer that can correct me, feel free.
Soon? Currently:
Uh-oh. How did I forget about that whackjob?
You mean it’s ok to tell chinese jokes?
If that punk is black, I must have relatives from deep Congo.
Hmmm. I'd be inclined to leave them up there.
Post of the day R-D.....
I spent some time in the power industry. When I left in the late 80's at that time Nukes were persona no Grata, most of all those white males either gave up or are to old by now and are now retired. You do not grow these brainiacs on trees....
With the lack of math and science skills (thanks NEA) she is probably right sad to say, most of the talent she wants will be in the other column. But what bothers me is like you said the lack of team playing. I don't care if they are from Mars and stink of green cheese, if they get the job done, and help turn revenue in actual earnings per share who gives a rats behind. You are correct fire her @$$.......
And if they manage and engineer according to politically correct postmodern deconstructionism (OK, please explain to me pressure vessel calculations according to postmodern deconstructionism and feminist theory instead of ASME Section VIII and Section III - the latter covers nuclear), this company really needs to do the marketplace, and really everyone else a favor and DIE QUICKLY! People like this are dangerous.
Any exec with that kind of philosophy on talent should be flipping burgers.
Didn’t a CEO of Ford get canned for a similar comment? Jack Nasser?
Black isn't a color. It's a deep-seated sense of entitlement, victimhood, and hatred of whitey.
Heck, America is full of white Blacks.
They’re called “liberals”
Areva does business in the US. The protected class idea you talk about is more a matter of burden of proof I think. If you can prove they discriminate against white males I think you win and what better way than to introduce the ceos own words?
No. That would be racist. However you can be racist in a non-discriminatory fashion.
Why yes...I did regularly piss off my liberal HR colleagues. What makes you ask?
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