I am not responding until you go back address the argument I made defending my assertion that it is sexism against men. All you have done is attack my assertion.
Harry On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> > I do not think this has anything to do with a bias against men. It is a >>> bias against women working in certain industries. >>> >> >> You have provided the usual feminist opinion and ignored my argument. >> > > That's silly. Everyone knows that it would be impractical for women to > work on most small fishing boats. For that matter, most men are incapable > of it. I would be killed in about 5 minutes at sea on a small boat. You > have to grow up doing it. My late father grew up with boats and ships in > Freeport Long Island and Bermuda, and he knew dozens of ways to kill > yourself or drown. Without that kind of background you are a dead duck in a > small boat. If you have ever been on a small boat in a rough sea you will > know what I mean. > > What we need to do is abolish fishing. It is a dance with death. It will > never be safe. I mean abolish doing it by people. Only robots should do it. > Better yet, grow fish in fish farms. > > We need to gradually automate all dangerous jobs, including jobs in > construction. > > This has nothing to do with being a man or woman *per se*. It has to do > with having years of experience doing tough, dangerous jobs. In Japan, > women do a lot of the farming and fishing, especially diving in the Inland > Sea. I have seen 70-year-old women handle heavy equipment, chains saws, > small ferry boats, tractors and so on, and do many things that would kill > you in no time if you tried to do them. > > The most dangerous thing that most of us do is drive cars. Self driving > cars should greatly reduce accidents. On Saturday, on Route 78 in > Pennsylvania there was a terrible multiple car accident, with 64 vehicles, > 3 people killed and 74 injured. It was caused by whiteout conditions. I > think self driving cars would have avoided this, because they would "see" > through the snow with their radar (I hope). See: > > > http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/nj_woman_killed_73_injured_in_major_pileup_in_pa.html > > > >> Thank you for providing the anecdotal evidence that men actually do >> suffer. Is women's suffering some how more important? >> > > Your statements are preposterous. No one wants men or women to suffer. We > have made tremendous progress in reducing industrial accidents. Thanks to > OSHA, common sense, and automation. > > No one in the industry wants people to suffer or have accidents. Even in > 1936 it was bad for business. It was expensive for industry even then. My > father got several years off and a paid college education because his arm > was mangled on the ship. He got Workmen's Compensation, which he used to go > to school. > > - Jed > >
