Will a Legacy of Discrimation be the New Asbesteosis

A few women who are suing Wal-mart over long running sex discrimination are seeking to broaden their suit into a class action involving every woman who has worked for Wal-Mart since the 80's.

I have no special insight to offer on the correctness of their individual assertions or the correctness of widening the case to a class action. I'm glad they are suing.

If successful I wonder if an interesting side effect will be the creation of large, unquantified and hidden potential liabilities in large corporations and spread at random through the population. Tricky one to price into your share price evaluation or credit rating for municipal bonds.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12888425

Oy! You're that Vincent Van Gogh fella!

Today I resemble Vincent Van Gogh.

What a struggling artist with ginger tendencies from an ethnic background that includes glotteral stops as a feature not a bug,  with a  love of sunflowers, a failed relationship with a prostitute, a history of mental health issues and one ear?

Not quite.

I have managed to cut myself badly, shaving badly, on the ear. 

Few things in my experience degrade one's abilty to have impact in a meeting or absorb new knowledge than blood streaming down your neck from a painless but embarrassingly promonent self-inflicted injury. It's right up there with discovering half way to work that you've put on a pair of your wife's panties by mistake.