Comments on: Support Gay Marriage in case You Become Gay

By: Genci

Genci — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:05:04 +0000

I’m proud to be gay!

By: Bruce Llama » Blog Archive » California gay marriage ban

Bruce Llama » Blog Archive » California gay marriage ban — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:19:43 +0000

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By: etbe

etbe — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:36:25 +0000

David: I support France, just in case I ever become French!

http://www.coker.com.au/russell/travel/

But seriously, I’ve had some nice holidays in France. The above URL has some pictures I took in Marseille and Bordeaux. I should put some pictures of Paris online too.

By: David

David — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:22:47 +0000

I’m sad that (less) broken (than intolerance) logic can’t be apply for more tolerance. But I had a big laugth at your post. Very good.
Oh ! don’t reject stanger, your daugether/son can married with one !
Don’t blame my english, you can become french ;-)

By: etbe

etbe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:04:23 +0000

Amayita: Would that be $DEITYs’ when referring to polytheistic religions?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire

But seriously, please read the above URL.

I don’t think that people do suddenly become gay etc. But numerous people from various right-wing organisations have claimed to have suddenly and unexpectedly become gay (after journalists publish the evidence), and then in many cases become straight again (due to prayer or whatever) remarkably quickly. Ted Haggard is a good example.

By: etbe

etbe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:40:39 +0000

Jon: Just talk to some employers and ask them whether a degree from a university with a good reputation would make them more likely to hire someone – or likely to hire them for a position with more responsibility, better pay, and better potential for career growth.

Claiming that a better education provides better career opportunities is really stating the obvious.

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/10/04/ideas-for-a-home-university/

Not that it is (or should be) required for everyone. At the above URL I have described some ideas for how to gain some of the benefits of a university degree (which notably doesn’t include the benefit of impressing hiring managers) without attending university. As you’ll see from the comments even among blog readers the idea didn’t get much traction.

It is often said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. It seems to me that a claim that there is no correlation between university education and career success is the extraordinary one and therefore the one requiring evidence.

Please note that there are two easy ways to earn more than $250K. One is to get a job in a big corporation and move up the ranks (I know isn’t not easy or quick to become such a senior manager – but it’s a lot easier than owning and running a successful company). The other is to have some rare skills that are in high demand, the work that I got paid ~$250K for during the dot-com boom was for companies that asked me about my degree before any other questions. I would have done reasonably well without a university degree, but I wouldn’t have got the high-paying positions I did in the dot-com boom.