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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (719)	1/12/2001 1:38:38 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 82486

They DO put on a good show. My only experience was my friend's Dad's funeral. I was a pall bearer and remember lots of standing and kneeling. Being a pagan of some kind, I just found that part confusing. I'm in your camp. I think most religious rituals are kinda nutty whether it involves sacrificing animals or pouring stuff on fires. I'm generally not offended by it (I don't approve of animal sacrifice), I just don't think it is relevant to the qualifications for a secular job. Even if I could ask, I wouldn't ask what brand of incense someone burned on Sunday. If they wrote C++ programs well but only in the presence of burning incense, that might be a problem in the smoke-free workplace. However, if they did it at home, I wouldn't care. If they professed in their interview that they wrote their best code when they burned incense on Sunday standing naked with a dead cat around their neck, I'd consider that NUTTY. For me it shows, a) a lack of judgement in TELLING me, b) a tendency for irrelevant behavior. Mostly, a) though!!!!) I simply don't want to know and I don't want them telling me. This is true whether they are liberal or conservative, BTW.