Re: The rise of UKIP : Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:06 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Nothing other than an endorsement of discrimination in the recruitment process. In fact, bordering on a recommendation.

Getting in this on a separate issue but companies are already endorsed to 'positively' discriminate. Personally i don't see anything positive, the strongest candidate should always get the job imo.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:14 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Getting in this on a separate issue but companies are already endorsed to 'positively' discriminate. Personally i don't see anything positive, the strongest candidate should always get the job imo.

Indeed.

But the idea about 'positive discrimination' should be that, if you have, say, two candidates that you cannot divide, the one who has had least benefits (so to speak) shoudl win extra brownie points for overcoming their disadvantage (so to speak). That should give you the best candidate, in that they will arguably have had to show more determination etc to get where they are.

But UKIP doesn't like that.

It essentially wants a return to the good old days where you got brownie points just by being white, male and heterosexual.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:36 pm  

*closet homosexual

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:30 am  

El Barbudo addressing AJW1 wrote:

...Tell me, do you agree with it? and, if so, how do you justify such commodification of people?
Or are you going to now disappear as you normally do, having "made your point" when, in fact, all you've done is made yourself look rather petty?...

... tumbleweed drifts by ....

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:03 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

:WHISTLE:

... tumbleweed drifts by ....

While we're waiting ...

This reminds me of that research a year or so ago that claimed that left-leaning people were more intelligent than right-leaning ones.

One wonders if this is illustrated by what seems to be a quite widespread approach from those with apparently right-wing views of rubbishing something (but not from a point of view of fact) and then running away when faced with straight questions, and never ever positing any sort of alternative (which would, admittedly, require an iota of imagination at the least)?

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:09 am  

I personally find that if i lean to much to the left or right i tend to fall over, it's why being generally in the middle seems the logical conclusion, obviously a little leaning in both directions will still keep me on my legs as long as i don't go too far.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:11 am  

I'm delighted that you've changed your mind on UKIP, then.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:22 am  

All parties have policies i agree with, i've always been a floating voter, my bridges though are burned with Labour/Conservative.

Same old he said she said and no substance with any of them, i'm actually thinking of 'wasting' my vote and voting for an independent.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:48 am  

Mintball wrote:

...This reminds me of that research a year or so ago that claimed that left-leaning people were more intelligent than right-leaning ones...

It's tempting but I am careful with findings like that.
I once read that left-handed people were more likely to have a high IQ ... but that they were more likely to have a low IQ as well.
i.e. They had a greater tendency away from the average.

Re: The rise of UKIP : Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:35 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

It's tempting but I am careful with findings like that.
I once read that left-handed people were more likely to have a high IQ ... but that they were more likely to have a low IQ as well.
i.e. They had a greater tendency away from the average.

Oh, I appreciate that, but, y'know ...