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I like the idea of experimentation, but how often do states find that things work and the rest of the country does them? Usually, idiot states like Alabama wallow in poverty watching other states do smart things. The conservative Romney Care worked. So all states should do that right? But if you give states choice they'll reject the same thing by another name like it's going to kill them.

Well I suppose the weekly world news is out of business so no more batboy or doctors resurrect Lincoln stories

http://www.businessinsurance.c...

Anyway there is an article from a source that is actually in the business of informing their readers.

Lavont Flanders Jr. and Emerson Callum were using Model Mayhem to identify targets for a rape scheme, allegedly as early as 2006, according to the ruling. They browsed profiles on Model Mayhem posted by models, contacted potential victims with fake identities posing as talent scouts, and lured the victims to south Florida for bogus modeling auditions, according to the ruling. When a victim arrived, they used a date rape drug to put her in a semicatatonic state, raped her and recorded the activity on videotape for sale and distribution as pornography, according to the ruling.

There's who, what and when, how, why. The firm is in Florida, the model from Brooklyn going to guess the attorney was shopping for the craziest jurisdiction he could find to get this to move forward.

And here is the theory of liability

Jane Doe's claim is different, however,” says the ruling. She does not seek to hold Internet Brands liable as a 'publisher or speaker' of content posted on the Model Mayhem website, or for Internet Brands' failure to remove content posted on the website. Flanders and Callum are not alleged to have posted anything themselves.”

“Instead, Jane Doe attempts to hold Internet Brands liable for failing to warn her about how third parties targeted and lured victims through Model Mayhem” said the ruling.

So three judges in California decided that not telling women that hooking up with strange men through the internet could be dangerous is sufficient to sue for negligence. Why not, we have to tell people plastic bags are not toys and pose a suffocation risk.,

No, what I say is that it should stop being illegal. You and I may still dislike it, but no one should be prosecuted for it.

No it should be illegal! Just because you see some people abuse it doesn't mean the system doesn't work and should be abandoned completely. There are legitimate reasons why these laws exist, for example: http://www.businessinsurance.c...|70|83|329|302|339|91

The US was an attractive destination for immigration long before we introduced such laws (which only happened 50 years ago [wikipedia.org]). Various other countries — Russia included, for example — have such laws too... To put the final nail into your argument, Dubai and other rich emirates are swarmed with Indians, who — even those born there — have no citizenship rights, but are attracted by the wealth of the country anyway. No, it is the Americans' wealth and freedom, that make us attractive. And freedom includes being free to harbor racist thoughts — and even base hiring decisions on them.

Firstly, people go to Emirates for a different reason, they put up with abuse and lack of human rights so they can save up money and eventually go somewhere else such as United States. Secondly, people come to US for many reason aside from wealth and freedom, equality is one them. They want their children to have equal opportunity rather than be treated as second class citizens because of their race, gender, sex and sexual orientation.

You don't fight for equality by making it mandatory. It tends to have the opposite effect — and American life of the past 50 years is an experimental confirmation of that theoretical observation.

No-one is talking about some Affirmative action or racial quotas, I'm talking about laws that protect people from abuse such as the one linked in the article above.

Here's one

Jim Collison

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1969179&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=5lSS&locale=en_US&srchid=5e9b0d96-e6f2-4bff-983e-2e8430f65ec0-0&srchindex=6&srchtotal=37&goback=.fps_PBCK_jIM+COLLISON+_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20111206/NEWS07/111209935

"Employers should not fear the EEOC warning. In fact, employers should use it to focus their attention on identifying the actual essential qualifications needed to perform a job...and how to assess whether or not a candidate has these qualifications. Because education has been so dumb-downed in the last 50 years, a high school graduation diploma or a high school equivalency certification simply is not evidence that an individual possesses the essential qualifications to perform a job. The same is true for many if not most post high school degrees. Check out the new book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses" by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. Also check out the new Skills Gap research report from A.C.T. showing that just having a diploma or certificate is no evidence an applicant possesses the foundational skills of reading for information, locating information, and applied math needed for almost every job today. Jim Collison, President, Employers of America, Inc."

Replace high school diploma with BA or CS BA (aka no tech schools) and you end up with discrimination

personality tests are determination as well.

The real issues are with jobs that say need a 4 year BA for jobs like mail room.

As for IT jobs bypass people who went to a tech school (that are a better fit for people with learning disabilities) or who have done alot of learning on other jobs / on there own can be seen as violating the law.

Not only that I have seen job ads that ask for -Minimum ACT / SAT Scores and -Minimum GPA 3.0 Now that sounds like even more of away to passover people who have learning disability's who may not be good test takes but can do a job

community college is also a other place that for some people who have learning disability's Is a better fit then other colleges but most of them MAX out at 2 years.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20111206/NEWS07/111209935

“Under the ADA, a qualification, standard, test or other selection criterion, such as a high school diploma requirement, that screens out an individual or class of individuals on the basis of disability must be job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessityThus, if an employer adopts a high school diploma for a job, and that requirement ‘screens out' an individual who is unable to graduate because of a learning disability, that meets the ADA's definition of ‘disability.'”

The letter, written by EEOC attorney adviser Aaron Konopasky, goes on to say, “Even if the diploma requirement is job-related and consistent with business necessity, the employer may still have to determine whether a particular applicant whose learning disability prevents him from meeting it can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.”

JIM COLLISON

"Employers should not fear the EEOC warning. In fact, employers should use it to focus their attention on identifying the actual essential qualifications needed to perform a job...and how to assess whether or not a candidate has these qualifications. Because education has been so dumb-downed in the last 50 years, a high school graduation diploma or a high school equivalency certification simply is not evidence that an individual possesses the essential qualifications to perform a job. The same is true for many if not most post high school degrees. Check out the new book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses" by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. Also check out the new Skills Gap research report from A.C.T. showing that just having a diploma or certificate is no evidence an applicant possesses the foundational skills of reading for information, locating information, and applied math needed for almost every job today. Jim Collison, President, Employers of America, Inc."

2. Truth is a defense.

Not in Massachusetts.

And since Harvard is located in Massachusetts, and jurisdiction on the Internet is still hazy...