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tggzzz:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 28, 2023, 01:38:03 am ---As the title says:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/qut-defends-removing-merit-from-hiring-policy/103114562

--- Quote ---Queensland University of Technology's vice-chancellor has defended the decision to remove all references to "merit" from its hiring policy.

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At first I wondered whether this was a false report designed to provke "dog whistle" reactions.

Kurt Vonnegut memorably and neatly skewered such policies with his 1961 short story "Harrison Bergeron". It seems 2081 has arrived ahead of schedule :(
https://ia803002.us.archive.org/25/items/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron.pdf
or see any of the soulless study notes such as
https://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/harrison-bergeron/summary/

Sounds like the vice chancellor could do with reading some literature :)
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: RoGeorge on November 28, 2023, 09:55:37 am ---Meanwhile, the students, the university and the Australian people should disobey the "decision", and remove her instead.  Find out who come up with that "decision", too.  Whoever is messing with the education system is doing so to ruin your future.

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There's an alternative: malicious sabotage.

Where identity politics is involved, I'll bet that there is a policy about LGBTQGHXK. In that case all the men have to do is state that they "identify as female". If enough do it, maybe some of the women will be ejected to ensure balance or be forced to "identify as men".
coppice:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on November 29, 2023, 10:47:33 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 28, 2023, 01:38:03 am ---As the title says:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/qut-defends-removing-merit-from-hiring-policy/103114562

--- Quote ---Queensland University of Technology's vice-chancellor has defended the decision to remove all references to "merit" from its hiring policy.

--- End quote ---

--- End quote ---

At first I wondered whether this was a false report designed to provke "dog whistle" reactions.

Kurt Vonnegut memorably and neatly skewered such policies with his 1961 short story "Harrison Bergeron". It seems 2081 has arrived ahead of schedule :(
https://ia803002.us.archive.org/25/items/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron.pdf
or see any of the soulless study notes such as
https://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/harrison-bergeron/summary/

Sounds like the vice chancellor could do with reading some literature :)

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Reading Harrison Bergeron won't help someone like that. They see it as an operating manual for society. Some people read 1984 and think "cool, that's what we need". The very people who need to truly awaken need something where the conclusion is explicitly stated, or they just don't get the author's point.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: tszaboo on November 28, 2023, 01:13:01 pm ---Well, that's what you get when you let a leftist through your door. They shame you for who you are, send you on reeducation camp, or get you fired. Set up camp, and make policies like this.

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The hard right do exactly the same kind of thing.

As was pointed out long ago, the hard left intimidate via mass marches, the hard right intimidate in back alleys. Choose your poison, or choose to avoid poison.



--- Quote ---Never hire an identity politician, they are truly the most toxic employees, and what their policies are doing is in fact illegal.

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Yes, except I'm not sure about "illegal" :(
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: coppice on November 29, 2023, 10:58:57 am ---Reading Harrison Bergeron won't help someone like that. They see it as an operating manual for society. Some people read 1984 and think "cool, that's what we need". The very people who need to truly awaken need something where the conclusion is explicitly stated, or they just don't get the author's point.

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Incompetence vs ignorance vs malice? Any of those is possible :(

Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between them. But arguably that doesn't matter, since they all should be fought.
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