RE: Mexican Trucks Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

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> Verzonden: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:01 PM
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> Onderwerp: Re: Mexican Trucks Re: *DO* we share a civilization?

> Of course, blacks predominantly live in inner-cities.  People who 
> live in inner-cities predominantly have older cars.  Thus, cars owned 
> by blacks are more likely to be safety hazards and fail inspections. 

This statement is only true if either (1) the inner cities are populated
ENTIRELY by blacks, or (2) only the blacks in inner cities own cars, and the
rest of the population doesn't.

Neither is the case (there are non-blacks living in inner cities, and these
non-blacks own cars too), so your statement is false (or at least incomplete
because it leaves out part of the car-owning population of inner cities).

The correct statement would be "cars owned by people living in inner cities
are more likely to be safety hazards and fail inspections".

BTW, your statement is a very dangerous one. Now, your fellow Brinellers
know you don't mean it that way, but people who don't know you could
consider it a racist remark.


Jeroen

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