LOL he quotes a law to make it seem more right!

The article says: "The ostensible goal of libertarian theory is a good one: equality of opportunity for everyone."

I don't know about "libertarian theory" but Ayn Rand certainly didn't care about equality of opportunity. The essential political goal of her philosophy is *freedom*. Why? Because living as a man, rather than as a slave of other men, *requires* freedom.

It's not about achieving a certain statistical distribution of income. It's about people getting to keep what they earn -- and that's it.

Now before you say that such might mean people starving in the streets, I'll say that if a rich man is allowed to keep his income, he's not going to stuff it under a mattress, but instead he'll *invest it*. Such will create jobs for less wealthy men.

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for that!!!

I don't see at all how it violates anyone's rights. It's not like the person refusing to hire certainly people is the only way to do productive activity. I guess I can see it if your line of work is something specific to making cars and is not something outsourced to subcontractors. There's only a handful of ways to do that type of work. So a few manufacturers have a lot of control over whether you work. This hypothetical person is in at tight spot even w/o discrimination b/c he has such a narrow customer base. That's always dangerous.

Regarding ending debates, I mean it would end political debate. For example, it would end the debate about whether sexual orientation should be protected the same way as age, race, marital status, and sex are; none would be protected.

I realize this would legalize one more form of stupid behavior in the marketplace, but a) I don't see that as a big deal and b) I'm not convinced you really can outlaw stupid behavior like this. There's a whole world of people out there wanting to design, test, and assemble electronics. There's a whole world of OEMs and startups that need electronics. Both of them occasionally do stupid things. I don't see the law coming in and making us any smarter in our decisions.

Also, I find business so difficult that I can't imagine pushing a political agenda. I guess it happens, but I can't imagine being so good that I could pick and choose clients and employees based on race or politics and still feel confident I'm the best choice for customers. Even if I were Flextronics' CEO instead of one guy with a few PT employees, my mind would be consumed with keeping layers of people around the world excited about being the best choice for OEMs, not about race and politics.

hmmm. I do not know what that means. the test is simple. An attractive woman dressed tastefully but showing quite a bit of decolletage comes up to you with a map. She needs to directions and points on the map to her destination. I'll bet money it will take you longer to give her the correct information. I'll also go so far as to say it will take you longer to actually look at the map-than a woman.

Go ahead. I'll be your huckleberry.

You shall be the first participant in the map/directions test. since Bambib thinks women are too dumb to get the tilted glass test correct I have designed my own test to demonstrate male performance on simple tasks

What makes you think I'm a lefty? My preference for the left side? If I'm facing you and I (may I? For demonstration purposes only, I assure you.) reach for the left side, which hand would I reach with? Jeez. So misunderstood.