Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

– Matthew 7:12

Any attempt by an organization of people, whether government, a business, or a club, to restrict the thoughts of other people will fail, and be viewed as a form of tyranny. Only the individual is capable of curbing his own hatred. Creating ‘thought crimes’ and ‘hate crimes’ through pointless rules and laws will only increase the hate.

By the same token, wanting not to be insulted doesn’t equate to a legal right not to be insulted. But the way things are going, before long the only people in America who won’t have a right to press charges for insult, the only “unprotected class”, will be white, european-descended, male Christians.

Either add everything (which you would have to then eventually add white males lol since they are becoming a minority) or take it all off.

Personally, I’m for taking it all off…I get really sick of only certain groups getting a pass..and it’s led to a nation of whiners.

If someone is rude enough to make a comment about my height or weight, I’ll deal with it on my own, thanks. If the people don’t want to hire me for that reason, I probably wouldn’t want to work with them anyway.

I am so tired of this politically correct crud! Everyone in their lifetime is going to have something said to them or have some sort of discrimination against them. That’s just the way life is!

Btw-I’m not fat..but my husband is short, fat, and almost bald-and he’s a white male too so it won’t get him any ‘points’

6 Ft tall… 205 and in shape… 48 (not young or old… White… heteroSexual… metrosexual… Agnostic (can’t even cry religious persecution)… Male…

(Can I say “heights” or might that be regarded as a put-down of the short?)

tommy1 on May 18, 2007 at 2:34 PM

While you’re at it, be careful someone isn’t offended by the use of the term ‘put-down.’

Whee, I can’t wait until I can sue over getting rejected for dates.

It seems the politically correct thing to do now is to stifle our right to offend; that is, the first right we were granted. Maybe I’m being too obtuse. But too often nowadays, we are bombarded with people that want to eliminate free speech because it’s offensive. And anyone looking to be offended will surely find a way to take offense.

Just in saying I’m a proud American and proud of our troops, our system of justice and our way of life, that’s offensive to some.

Go ahead. Offend away. That’s your right.

There are profound biases against short people, especially short males, but they seem to be largely unconscious and, I suspect, associated with a level of brain function that’s tied more into base reproductive selection than most of us would like to believe can shape our worldviews.

I don’t see how any kind of regulation could help change that kind of lizard-brainish reaction. But in the odd event a qualified person was denied a job based solely on his or her height, and in which height wasn’t critical to the performance of the job (obviously, professional basketball has a viable out), I can’t think of any reason the applicant shouldn’t be able to sue. Height is every bit as arbitrary a genetic trait as skin color or other ethnic attributes.

I suspect legitimate cases covering this kind of situation would be few and far between, though.

and put their eyes on more important things,

Exactly!