Talk:Nepotism
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Isn't the historical point about the use of the word for a nephew that the persons in question were not nephews at all. The use of the reference to a 'nepo' reflects the fact that it was customary to refer to the sons of the clergy in this way. It is reasonable to assume that medieval Italians were not without a sense of irony. The proscription on marriage for the clergy is almost unique to Roman Catholicism, so there is a linguistic sense in which nepotism is peculiarly Roman Catholic. The joke doesn't work unless the clergy are not supposed to have sons.
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[edit] Unfounded assertion
In China, nepotism is seen in a positive light and is seen as a legitimate reason to get hired. In fact, some citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC) sued the government of the PRC because of the Great Leap Forward-forced migrations, claiming among other things that this separation from family impacted the "possibilities of getting hired."
This paragraph seems rather unfounded. Nepotism is generally regarded as a factor of corruption which the government suffers. Although it is true that some children may take the lost jobs of their parents who were persecuted during Cutural Revolution, those were actually special cases, not the norm. I am going to remove this paragraph.
~ Having lived in Asian cultures, I can attest that nepotism IS viewed in a postive light by some. It is even viewed as a *responsibility.* However, this positive view is primarily held among its benifactors! Those not in the loop can view it as nothing short of the tool of oppression that it is. CyberAnth
[edit] The Clintons
How is this a case of nepotism? Expand. Hillary Clinton's father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, a conservative, was an executive in the textile industry, and her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham, was a homemaker. Bill Clinton's father, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., a traveling salesman who died in a car accident three months before he was born.[1] His mother, born Virginia Dell Cassidy (1923–1994), remarried in 1950 to Roger Clinton, a car salesman.
[edit] Bush
George Bush, Jr., on the other hand, is indeed an excellent example of nepotism. george w bush was not apointed, therefore, no, however many of the high up positions in the iraq ocupational govenment were apointed because of thyir blood ties to many key players in the neo-consevitive movement and the evangelical comunity, this unexperienced work force was one facters that lead to the now unstable iraq.
[edit] pope
Any source for the pope thing? Tony Bruguier 18:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anti-nepotism laws
There should be more on that section, such as what laws there are and what countries, etc. Ohyeahmormons 02:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
~ Agreed. I placed that in as a start. I will try to add material, time permitting. If someone else can beat me to it, please do. :-) CyberAnth 04:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] College Football example
I deleted the paragraph about nepotism in college football, being just an irrelevant and random example of nepotism. It seems to me it was written by someone who just wanted to voice his or her personal anger about the people involved in that particular example.
[edit] Question
Is a "nepotist" the person who hires the relative or the relative who gets hired?
[edit] In Praise of Nepotism
There's a book called In Praise of Nepotism that might be worth checking out for a counter-view. I might do it myself eventually. Recury 01:28, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Heading
If the heading is too long, why not create a section devoted to examples of Nepotism?--65.93.163.81 02:03, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Why don't we create a section for etymology and move the section in the introduction about etymology to it? Jenigmat429 14:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tony Blair
The Prime Minister would be an excellent example for this article. Lord Falconer (former flatmate), Lord Irvine (pupil Master) etc. ScMeGr 19:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Suggestions?
[edit] Notes
There is no text under the notes section. Should it be removed? Dachshund2k3 00:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
