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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:03:39 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/19/17, 10:53 AM, in article op.yyyen9o8js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:10:39 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/15/17, 7:46 AM, in article op.yyqrbqgmjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 20:14:53 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/17, 12:10 PM, in article oce0va$joa$13@dont-email.me, "Sprang"
>>>>> <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried Ethiopian food... which I already noted. The question was if
>>>>>>> you had tried it. You did not answer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fuck no.
>>>>>> I eat food that taste good.
>>>>>
>>>>> So you have never tried it but decided it is not good. Ties into your
>>>>> ignorance leading toward disliking thing we see with your bigoted views.
>>>>
>>>> You keep saying that like it's a bad thing.  We are all free to hate wogs.
>>>
>>> You have a right to demand special entitlements... but others are not
>>> obligated to give them to you.
>>
>> Now apply that to wogs.
>
> Now apply it to EVERYONE.
>
> Where things do get a bit complex is in trying to find some level of balance
> for those who have clear obstacles in front of them that those in control do
> not. We know, for example, that just having a name that sounds "black" leads
> to resumes being less successful. Do we create a preference system to try to
> balance that... something like affirmative action? Some on the left are very
> strongly for that but I do not see it as being effective and in practice
> when do you deem it no longer worth it, how do you balance it fairly, etc.
>
> Those on the right just want to pretend the issue of discrimination does not
> exist (or they focus on absurd things like claims of a war on Christmas).
> That is also not going to really move things forward in a useful way.
>
> No good answers for some of those things... and plenty of room for reasoned
> debate. But the general principle of equal rights over special entitlements
> is, to me, a no-brainer.

Equal rights doesn't work.  You end up with companies being required to have a certain percentage of blacks, women, etc, even though they aren't necessarily the best for the job.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 15:46 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-15 11:10 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-19 18:53 +0100
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:03 -0700
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-19 19:46 +0100
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 12:00 -0700
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Fakey's Puppy Whistle Holder Emeritus 🐶笛 <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-19 17:06 -0500
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 15:10 -0700
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-19 16:45 -0700

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