tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post5725078513711384819..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: Colliding SeminarsDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-25489307195364215322012-03-12T00:15:04.546-07:002012-03-12T00:15:04.546-07:00"This seems to assume that 'discriminate&...<i>"This seems to assume that 'discriminate' is automatically a bad thing to do."</i><br /><br />I think it is a bad thing when it's done by the state. Social customs regarding rest rooms and sports handicaps shouldn't involve the state. As far as prison goes, by the time a person has booked that reservation, many rights have been forfeited -- including your choice of roommate.<br /><br /><i>"Back long ago when I was single and dating I discriminated ..."</i><br /><br />As we all do. I could never have survived as long as I have without discriminating -- but I see no place for it in the law. The state has no more of a legitimate interest in your sex than they do in your race or religion.SheetWisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762534904369877435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-16437158873545585022012-03-07T09:12:49.251-08:002012-03-07T09:12:49.251-08:00Sheetwise writes, apparently about states:
"...Sheetwise writes, apparently about states:<br /><br />"What possible interest could they have if it wasn't to discriminate?"<br /><br />This seems to assume that "discriminate" is automatically a bad thing to do. Does it count as discrimination if men are not allowed into the lady's room? Not allowed to enter a woman's tennis tournament? If prison cells contain either men or women but not one of each? Those are all cases where the question "is this person male or female" matters.<br /><br />Back long ago when I was single and dating I discriminated--I was interested in women as potential girlfriends or wives, but not in men in the analogous roles—and wouldn't have been even if gay marriage had been legal. Was I discriminating? If so, was there something wrong with my doing so?David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-28809242105306609072012-03-05T19:02:07.405-08:002012-03-05T19:02:07.405-08:00I understand the states interest in lineage and id...I understand the states interest in lineage and identity -- but I don't understand their interest in sex. What possible interest could they have if it wasn't to discriminate?<br /><br />BTW - Interesting paper.SheetWisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762534904369877435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-79362737452855260542012-03-03T21:51:22.566-08:002012-03-03T21:51:22.566-08:00Absolutely fascinating. The things one can learn ...Absolutely fascinating. The things one can learn from scrolling through blogs at night. I wonder how different societies look at laws related to sex changes.agriculture investmenthttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/agricultural-farmland/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-45212232388294441632012-03-03T09:45:24.341-08:002012-03-03T09:45:24.341-08:00I wonder what would be the consequences in the US ...I wonder what would be the consequences in the US of a constitutional amendment that prohibited recognition of sex of a person in any law of the land. We already have race-neutral laws, why not sex-neutral ones?<br /><br />We're not trying to run a Jewish Theocracy here, after all.jimbinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684677214800358793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-87298173648419715452012-03-02T18:45:09.359-08:002012-03-02T18:45:09.359-08:00From what i've seen in discovery and in other ...From what i've seen in discovery and in other documentaries it is possible at least in some countries for the person to assume other identity and thus assume the legal responsibilities of the other gender. I guess that will work for two cases leaving out hermaphrodites, which could be solved by allowing them to choose a side.Hernan Coronelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279457821318483841noreply@blogger.com