Yes and in both cases the reason those things came about was because they would be "equal". That's what everybody said. That's what white people DEMANDED. That they "be equal", hence the term "separate but equal", and of course the end result is that it gives white people an easy way to continue to discriminate against black people because that word "black" is on their water fountain. But it's equal! That's what people said! That's what (white) people demanded! They're all very equal... just some people are more equal than others... and now the civil union people want to say "this time it will be different! They will have equal rights!" They're DEMANDING it. And why? It's just a word right? Why is it so important to the other side, if it's just a word? And the answer is for the same reason it was so imortant to white people that there be "equal" black toilets, so that white/het people can continue to discriminate against black/gay people. They won't have the same rights -- civil union supporters will make sure of it. That's the reason they push so hard for civil unions. Cow-towing to their telling us "this time it will be different" only lets them continue to discriminate longer. They know that and it's the only reason they so persistently push their empty promises at the rest of the population. It was a thinly veiled lie over a ham-fisted agenda then, it's a thinly veiled lie over a ham-fisted agenda now.
> I see people forced to sit in the back of the bus as a > physically > inferior positioning. I picture black only water fountains > and > bathrooms as rarely cleaned compared to their white > counterparts > making it also a physically visible form of humiliation. > That's all I meant. > On 9/9/05, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >> retract >> -- How sleazily evasive of you, Sam. >> >> Sorry... >> >> Saying that "separate but equal" applies only to physical >> things and >> therefore does not apply to marriage vs. civil-union is >> avoiding the >> subject (not to mention patently invalid), because, if a >> water >> fountain provides the same water, then the same argument >> also applies >> to the black and white water fountains. If it provides >> the same water, >> then there is no difference between them except the use >> of a word >> (either black or white). s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173684 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
