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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:45:24 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-19 22:06:46 +0000, Fakey's Puppy Whistle Holder Emeritus 🐶笛
> <root@127.0.0.1> said:
>
>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:00:47 -0700, LO AND BEHOLD; "Snit
>> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>" determined that the following was of
>> great importance and subsequently decided to freely share it with us in
>> <D51D01EF.A0558%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>:
>>
>>> On 4/19/17, 11:46 AM, in article op.yyyg34ivjs98qf@red.lan, "James
>>> Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Not for those who insist they want more than "equal", such as those who
>>> demand special entitlements.
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> what a bunch of snowflake crybaby made-up bullshit.
>>
>> where i grew up, 99.7% of everybody was white.  so were the people
>> working at any company in that town.  they weren't *required* to do
>> shit.
>>
>> all of my teachers over 12 years - white.
>> all of the kids in my school - white.
>> all of the guys working at the feed mill - white.
>> all of the guys selling harleys and corvettes out of showrooms - white.
>>
>>> Did you read my comments, above? I talked about this challenge. If you
>>> have a good solution for it I would love to hear it.
>>>
>>> I do think we can look at those who are from poor neighborhoods and work
>>> to equalize things there ... black, white, or green, does not matter.
>>> And stop funding school districts with property taxes... that is stupid
>>> and leads to problems that last for generations.
>>
>> clearly, he wants to keep his "unequal" rights intact AKA "white privilege".
>
> Hell! Working with, and for me before I retired there were Whites,
> Blacks, Hispanics, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese,
> Samoans, Chinese, Japanese, one Pakistani, men, women, straights & gays
> of both sexes, religious faithful (normal Christian, off the wall crazy
> Christian, Jews, Muslims, & Budhists), athiests, good workers, and
> mediocre workers from across the ethnicity spectrum.
>
> Among that American melting pot of co-workers you could find decent
> folks and total assholes, race knows no boundaries.

The problem with the anti-racist left wing morons of today is they require companies to employ the correct numbers of each race and sex, regardless of how well they will do at the job.  For fuck's sake let the companies employ who they think will do best.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 21:37 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 14:30 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 21:48 +0000
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 23:47 +0100
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 22:49 +0000
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 15:01 +0100
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 16:00 -0700
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 15:02 +0100
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-29 10:42 -0700
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 19:07 +0100
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-29 12:23 -0700
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 15:51 -0700
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 23:00 +0000
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 16:10 -0700
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 23:34 +0000
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 18:32 -0700

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