Genetic Discrimination in the IT Workplace

MisterTut writes "In what could be a troubling trend, one employer- the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway -was found to have secretly run unproven genetic tests on workers suffering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The company was trying to prove that they were not culpable for cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from which the employees were suffering. The ethical considerations of such testing, covert and illicit or not, are profound for those of us working in the IT industry."

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Employers should provide jobs

[Anonymous Coward]

And I should be buying everything I need with my paycheck. My employer doesn't buy me car insurance or homeowners/renters insurance. The state has decided to shift the burden for health insurance to employers and that is what has created most of the nonsence that changed the employee-employer relationship to a slave-master relationship. Most of the drive to have employers involved in non-work areas is because of this.

Or you might not...

[AntiCopyrightRadical]

...and people won't think you're an idiot.

Re:I have a "pre-existing condition"

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems to me as if the same argument some people have proposed in favor of abortion ("You're not a person if you are at a certain age, or stage of development, or unable to provide for yourself or survive without outside assistance...") is now being applied to the elderly. Not that I really consider 50 to be "elderly."

Anyway, the only difference is, the elderly can vote whereas a fetus can't. So long as you remain part of a powerful voting bloc, you have less to worry about than your average fetus, I think (although they do get that free ride for nine months).

However, some ethicists (e.g. Peter Singer) are arguing just that--that when you're old, a drain on resources, unable to do anything for yourself, suffering from debilitating diseases, then you should just be put down. Some people advocate this for YOUR good, but it's really for the good of society.

I can tell you right now, FUCK society.

Anyway, just my $0.02.

*sigh*

[SeekerDarksteel]

Flamebait -- Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. If someone is not-so-subtly picking a fight (racial insults are a dead giveaway), it's Flamebait.

Disagreeing with me does not make me flamebait. This, however, is: Learn to fucking mod, jackasses. Moderation is NOT a tool to spread your personal political beliefs. If you have a problem with what someone posts, reply. Don't abuse the mod system.