Meryl has a great post here on the issue of... er... visually challenged people. Apparently, one Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, is a harbinger of a new approach - legal protection for ugly people.
On one hand, being somewhat homely myself, I harbor a good deal of resentment to characters like Cary Grant, George Clooney and Woody Allen, whose beauty surely secured their fame, wealth and sexual prowess. Of course, to lawyer up and get some of all that f., w. and s.p. from these guys is a move one can only dream of today.
On the other hand - go and read that post.
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Woody Allen? Puh-lease. Besides, this won't work if the uglies are white males.
That was an attention check, and you passed with flying colors!
I was wondering why you included Woody Allen Snoopy!
So you too passed!
Great. Just what we need. Another "protected" class of people.
Let us get rid of Affirmative Action everywhere. Let people stand or fall on their own merits (and looks).
Oh, I thought you were referring to his attractiveness to the really young ones. More like his money, probably.
So, what you are saying is I got no chances to get compensated for not being beautiful... ehehe, and I have already started to hope ;)
Nope, just as a contrast (a subtle one at that) ;)
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