A Question of Legality. (1 Viewer)

[Rorix]

Dear law students,


If we start a new news and politics forum that only allows informed comment, are we discriminating based on intelligence? And if so, is this illegal?



More to the point, should we care?

 

[Not-That-Bright]

From what i've learnt from torts law as long as the forum doesn't make anyone fall over its fine.

 

[Xayma]

I don't think idiots are a protected species in any discrimination act. More so it is no more discriminating then government run selective schools so it would be fine.

I don't care if I'm not a law student I still answered =P

 

[malkin86]

However, surely if the law students remove themselves from the original News and Politics forum, in favour of a more elite BoS news and politics forum, that would mean that the rest of us would have no opportunity to be edified by your pearls of wisdom.

 

[Generator]

However, surely if the law students remove themselves from the original News and Politics forum, in favour of a more elite BoS news and politics forum, that would mean that the rest of us would have no opportunity to be edified by your pearls of wisdom.

Stop being such a suck .

 

[Comrade nathan]

If we start a new news and politics forum that only allows informed comment

That would leave you out.

ps i know he has blocked him, but seriously when has he ever contributed anything worth while? I couldn't see him lasting long in a elite news and politics board.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Yes. All 'elite' political forums are underground extreme left conspiracy theorist forums.

 

[withoutaface]

My question is how do we determine an "idiot"? We could always ask neo, I suppose ...

Why we set the benchmark at about 15 notches above you of course

 

[malkin86]

Stop being such a suck .

What?
I think it would be horrible to lose all the people who are passionate enough about politics and law to study it to an elite forum. I am merely a hobbyist in these matters, so I learn something new, interesting, and occasionally pertinent from many different viewpoints every time I visit. We learn from our betters.

 

[Xayma]

Personally Rorix a good system to follow would to be to go back and conduct all threads the old school maths way.

Though this colour is slightly off it needs to be fixed, we just need to present issues that everyone finds so boring that they pass over, while we discuss real issues underneath, I don't think they have mastered the art of quoting yet so it shouldn't be a problem, considering it also blends in well with direct quotes as chosen by the "quote message in reply?" box. Comment tags also work and are only visible when quoting however we could go to ROT13 encoding (removed link, if you cant find one you need help)

 

[Estel]

Wonderful weather isn't it.

Not that I have anything to add =p
Rorix: your thread reminds me of a nice quote:
"The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability."

 

[santaslayer]

Law students are teh dumb.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

I agree. Just today someone told me they were in law to work short hours and make sure justice is served.






......... dumb.

 

[MoonlightSonata]

lol @ this thread

on an unrelated note

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Oh come on asquithian, most of my parents employee's (rather illegally) would rather work for 2 weeks out of the 4 and make the extra cash then have a full 4 weeks off...

 

[Not-That-Bright]

oh no i don't think that's the solution at all, I just doubt the cries for ' more time off!!! ' are really about getting more time to yourself....

 

[Arvin Sloane]

Not-that-Bright drank the last soda. HE WILL PAY!

 

[withoutaface]

Hey, I only do that in NS! If i do it here, it's purely unintentional.

Sure it is.
note that white is far more effective in concealing things since the layout change

 

[ohne]

I also believe the HR Nichols society wants to take away the min wage...

There is an interesting piece on this done by the freedom institute based in Ireland (a right wing think-tank). You can view it here:

http://www.freedominst.org/minimumwage.php

The minimum wage should not be treated as something that is of huge benefit to those at the bottom wage earners. Yes it does increase people's wages at the bottom, but it also increases the rate of unemployment.

 

[neo o]

I believe in such of time of propersity there should be a base wage. Employers suggesting they cant employ people, in such times we are hardly in the depression, at a very low base wage but rather below it, is a bit rich.

There should be no award for under 18's though and IMO it should then progressively increase until it hits the award at 21 (as it does now)