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What's in a Name? A Basis for Discrimination, Says 9th Circuit
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| July 26, 2005
| Justin Scheck
Posted on 07/26/2005 5:57:42 AM PDT by MikeJ75
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posted on
07/26/2005 5:57:43 AM PDT
by
MikeJ75
To: MikeJ75
"Discrimination means treating people differently and adversely because of a particular characteristic," he said. But this broad definition, he added, isn't always clear to employers"
The better to sue you with, my dear.
"differently AND adversely" is way different from "differently OR adversely."
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posted on
07/26/2005 5:59:48 AM PDT
by
ko_kyi
To: MikeJ75
My old friend 'Scotty' Shiosake will be spinning in his grave.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:01:26 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
To: MikeJ75
There are a lot worse things than "Manny" that he could have called this guy.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:03:04 AM PDT
by
speedy
To: MikeJ75
a partner with the plaintiff firm Lawless & Lawless. Are you making this up?
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:04:04 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: MikeJ75
One of the junior partners at a firm I used to work at would always call me "Tommy".
I hated that.
Tom or even Thomas is fine. Use my last name, or "hey, you", but don't call me Tommy. I must have told him a thousand times I hated to be called "Tommy".
Never occurred to me to sue him, though.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:04:06 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The story is true" - Dan Rather)
To: Izzy Dunne
Giving nicknames is discrimination? When will the ACLU sue the Bush administration.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:06:03 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: MikeJ75
"A good name," wrote Cervantes, "is better than riches." Not to nit-pic, but Cervantes' years were between 1547-1616.
His quote came a few thousand years AFTER Solomon said the same thing.
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is more desirable than great riches
To: MikeJ75
My friend Sudesh insisted we call him Sam out of mercy for our tongues that constantly butchered his given name. I guess some folks just have a chip on thier shoulder when kindness and grace would suffice.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:06:15 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(Join the Soylent Green Party...We recycle dead environmentalists.)
To: MikeJ75
"the n-word." Granted, the word "nigger" is offensive when used against someone, but when did it become offensive to use the word nigger in a sentence?
When did it rise to the level of the "F" word?
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:07:20 AM PDT
by
Bear_Slayer
(DOC - 81mm Mortars, Wpns Co. 2/3 KMCAS 86-89)
To: MikeJ75
right, but if i had tried suing the mexican boss i had a few years ago who insisted on calling me Juan *I* probably would've ended up the one who had to pay for being discriminatory.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:08:59 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: Bear_Slayer
When the politicians crawling for votes got involved.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:11:29 AM PDT
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: MikeJ75
Some of us intolerant crypto-fascists would prolly have named him "Yo, you're fired" long before he spun the lawsuit roulette wheel.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:12:39 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: MikeJ75
To: MikeJ75
Employer's should play it safe and call people by their employee number. "Hey, a, 6274-1, would you please move that pallet over to the loading dock?"
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:14:40 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: MikeJ75
Is giving nicknames the next excuse some Islamicist will use to bomb something?
Good grief, seems like people look for reasons to be offended.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:19:22 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Minnesoootan
He wanted to be T-Bone.LOL I thought he was P.O.'ed because they wouldn't call him 'Scooter'.
To: Fido969
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:27:06 AM PDT
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: KC_Conspirator
Lighten up, Tommy. I hate that, I HATE that.
It's so goddam CONDESCENDING.
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posted on
07/26/2005 6:36:11 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The story is true" - Dan Rather)
To: MikeJ75
This IS a 9th Circuit opinion.
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