The Logic Off Topic list

>As for the distinction productivity/people-skills you make; I don't 
>agree at all.  If in some lines of work people get paid more when 
>they're more productive, then some teachers should also get paid more 
>than others.  Some teachers are simply horrible, both socially and 
>didactically, while others excel in their profession.  That too is a 
>kind of "productivity".

Would you measure teachers by how many students pass? Then the easiest 
teachers win. Would you measure them by what percentage of their students 
pass the next class? Then the hardest teachers win.


>Ho ho... I didn't say that I particularly fancy the kind of women who 
>choose to make money by showing off their bodies.  I jst said that I 
>can't blame them,and that it's most often out of free will and 
>opportunism thatthey take such jobs.  I.e. they're not really 
>exploited in the "feminist" sense.

Well at least they are well paid for their exploitation.