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barefoot and making sandwiches.
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So...this is part of your election campaign, is it?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Beat me to it. I was going to comment on is this how a politician should talk?
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Well, it worked for Godfrey Bloom[^], didn't it?
Oh, wait...
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yes, you are (it seems).
<voice type="Ebeneezer Scrooge"> Bah. dumb bugs </voice>
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A husband presented this to his wife....
That's when the fight started.
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Having pressed play, I observe Google has mostly gone for relatively photogenic women, but kept the bar low enough and included a sufficient quota of munters[^] to avoid accusations of choosing only attractive women. Oh and that poor Malala girl to make it all respectable.
Back when I worked at accentue a large IT concern, they used to push the boat out for wimmin's [^]day. The boss used to go round and hand out roses to each lady, and give a peck on the cheek. A fuss kicked up as :
- The ladies thought it was condescending & the peck on the cheek thing was a bit creepy
- The gents pointed out it was hardly in the spirit of equality to hand out gifts to people iif they are possed of lady-parts. Some insisted for a gift of equal monetary value - a few also demanded a peck on the cheek to highlight the wrongness of the whole procedure
- errrrm...
- That's it
When the first objections were raised (principally on the grounds of the inequality of having a special event for women) the management backed themselves into a corner and couldn't stop without looking weak. So it went on for years with practically no-one supporting it.
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Dalek Dave wrote: international women's day
Why would women need a special day ? Well, you may say, there are special days for about anything[^].
That is the same as the gender parity requirement in the coming council election in France : As a result, in my little town, the mayor had to kick out 5 men who had done a great job, and replace them on the list with 5 women who were barely interested in the job, just for the sake of parity. 
There are also pushing it here on the job : they want to reach a 50% female manager quote. This is sick: I promote people who are talented, not those from a specific gender.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Yes.
Agreed.
"You have been hired not because of your qualifications or experience, simply because you have a vagina. I hope you will be happy being the token women on the team, but quotas are quotas and of course all your new colleagues will be aware that old BOb should have got the job as he has worked here for years and is superbly experienced and has never missed a day of work by having children and has contributed to the company in many different ways, and I am sure they will not hesitate in reminding you of this"
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Personally, I can't see any reason why a man wouldn't want all of those things. I am not saying a woman should have to but if you remove the gender bias and replaced it with "things a Stay at Home Partner should do" (ie, some men are homemakers too) then it really does describe what a home maker should do, quite well.
Though, if you are a two income family, maybe you should car pool and spend the extra car money on an au pair instead.
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My profile tells me that I can now approve articles!! 
Looking forward to judiciously unleashing my new powers. 
Just a small catch...
Where can I view these pending articles?
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On the home page along the right side. Use your new powers responsibly.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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 Thanks!
Looks like the CP servers took a while to process the rep change - I couldn't see that yesterday.
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You are allowed to approve them but you're not allowed to view them yet. 
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Bureaucracy is a wonderful thing!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: Bureaucracy is a wonderful thing
Only when you're part of it.
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CarefulCoder wrote: My profile tells me that I can now approve articles!!
You need 5000 Authority points for that, you are not even close.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Rage wrote: You need 5000 Authority points for that
Or 1500 Organiser or Editor points.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: 1500 Organiser
WTE ? You upvote 1500 drivel posts in the Lounge, and you are allowed to approve articles ? There must be something rotten in the kingdom of Denmark.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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That does seem off, the ability to approve articles and edit stuff (delete bad questions in Q&A, etc) should be gained by people marking trust in your judgement, not be obtainable by upvoting stuff.
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Could be some truth in that.
However, I'm definitely not an upvote maniac. Most of those points I earned by downloading code and faithfully reporting spammers. Took me quite a while to get 1500, so maybe it's the participation that counts.
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Yes, this is not a personal dig at your worthiness to moderate, but it does seem to me that this should be awarded to people for valued and well judged contributions in articles (and maybe Tips & Tricks and Q&A) – apart from the ability to farm upvotes to moderation status, how is someone going to know what makes a good article if they've never been through the process themselves?
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No offence meant at you or at your abilities. The 1500 Organiser points seems easier to gain as the 5000 points Authority, for instance.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Rage wrote: You need 5000 Authority points for that
Or 1500 Organizer points, which I just acquired... 
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