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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:00:21 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/28/17, 3:47 PM, in article op.yzff97dljs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> First: there is NOTHING wrong with being against racism.
>>>
>>> Then there should be NOTHING *wrong* with being for it.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Second: you are confusing supporting equal rights in general with supporting
>>>> a form of affirmative action. The two are not the same.
>>>
>>> Everyone knows that.
>>> Affirmative action is racism.
>>
>> Snit ain't caucasian is he?
>
> I sincerely do not know if I am or if I am not,

Impossible.

> which some people have told me is functionally equivalent to being so.
>
> But regardless of race, I am very much pro equal rights and against special
> entitlements. I also understand, though, that it is not always black and
> white, such as with the question of affirmative action. I am not for it but
> I can see where good people would be.  But the naïveté of the special
> snow-flake common worldview of "just don't break the law and work hard and
> things will go well for you" is not something I can support. NOT that I do
> not support (largely) following the law and working hard (I do) but the idea
> that this somehow fixes the issues we face is clearly very, very naïve.

What I'm against is companies having to employ say 15% blacks because the local population is 15% black.  Blacks will be good at different jobs than whites, so making every company have the "correct" percentage is insane.

-- 
Why were so many niggers killed in the Vietnam war??
Because when the sergeant said to "get down", they all got up and started dancing.

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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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