Comments on: Justice for dry cleaners http://www.bloggernews.net/18092 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bob Parson http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47349 Bob Parson Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47349 In fact Pearson is a BLACK administrative law judge. Perhaps the real racial thing here is the judge may be prejudiced against Koreans. Not necessarily, but a possibility. So lets change that to "Today’s verdict sends exactly the right message to potential entrepreneurial immigrants: Just because you might get sued by a black guy with a government job doesn’t mean you’ll lose if your position is just. OK, it doesn’t mean you win, but at least you have a chance, and that’s probably better than where you live now." Now is that racist? And the other wasn't? Let's be consistent! In fact Pearson is a BLACK administrative law judge. Perhaps the real racial thing here is the judge may be prejudiced against Koreans. Not necessarily, but a possibility.

So lets change that to “Today’s verdict sends exactly the right message to potential entrepreneurial immigrants: Just because you might get sued by a black guy with a government job doesn’t mean you’ll lose if your position is just. OK, it doesn’t mean you win, but at least you have a chance, and that’s probably better than where you live now.”

Now is that racist? And the other wasn’t? Let’s be consistent!

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47334 Jimmy Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:13:49 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47334 "Just because you might get sued by a white guy with a government job doesn’t mean you’ll lose if your position is just." ...don't you mean, "just because you might get sued by a black guy with a government job..." the judge is black....I totally agree with the ruling, but find it hard to listen to the perpetual white-guy bashing that everyone seems to be fine with...even when it is inaccurate. maybe you should check your statistics on percentage of "white guys" who sue people versus minorities who sue people? “Just because you might get sued by a white guy with a government job doesn’t mean you’ll lose if your position is just.”

…don’t you mean, “just because you might get sued by a black guy with a government job…”

the judge is black….I totally agree with the ruling, but find it hard to listen to the perpetual white-guy bashing that everyone seems to be fine with…even when it is inaccurate. maybe you should check your statistics on percentage of “white guys” who sue people versus minorities who sue people?

]]> By: Ted http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47326 Ted Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:00:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47326 Rossputin seems to concentrate on the value of immigrants. Regardless of the immigration question, a win for Pearson would have been a grave injustice. Maybe the U.S. legal system is nothing to crow about if someone can be subjected to such a preposterous lawsuit. I don't know how long it went on, but on the face of it the complaint of the pants' owners should have been thrown out of the first day in court. Rossputin seems to concentrate on the value of immigrants. Regardless of the immigration question, a win for Pearson would have been a grave injustice. Maybe the U.S. legal system is nothing to crow about if someone can be subjected to such a preposterous lawsuit. I don’t know how long it went on, but on the face of it the complaint of the pants’ owners should have been thrown out of the first day in court.

]]> By: Jim Davis http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47325 Jim Davis Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:58:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47325 Here's a link to a picture of Pearson: http://media.bonnint.net/apimage/9657efc5-9bdb-4307-a3c4-4bbbd46fee69.jpg Here’s a link to a picture of Pearson:
http://media.bonnint.net/apimage/9657efc5-9bdb-4307-a3c4-4bbbd46fee69.jpg

]]> By: jim mccracken http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47316 jim mccracken Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:28:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18092#comment-47316 Pearson is not a "white guy." Interesting that you made that assumption. Pearson is not a “white guy.” Interesting that you made that assumption.

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