Inserted Platt On 8/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Platt said, > > > > "blacks step to the head of the line because of the color of their skin." > > > > Because of ?!? > > Affirmative action programs. Where have you been? Obviously that's what Arlo and others were talking about but you said "because of the color of their skin". ie you asserted that the color of their skin was the "cause".
> > > >What the ?!?!? Have you listened to yourself in a mirror, Platt. > > Never mind banning from the board you should be locked up, away from > > humanity. > > Ah, the incipient dictator reveals himself! Ah right, so application of law of the land counts as dictatorship now, does it ? > > > The few you can have "perfectly normal conversations" with dwindle by the > > day. > > Evidence? Show me one thread where conversations involving debate with you do not reduce to trading ad-hominems, precious few. > > > I'm with Dennett and other sophisticated neo-Darwinists (Pirsig > > amongst them) that suggest there are significant cultural and even > > genetic differences between ethnic groups that benefit from > > understanding, but only your dangerous kind of racist prejudice can be > > attributed to "because of the colour of their skin" as anything like a > > cause. > > Anybody understand what Ian means? Saying the color of skin is the "cause" is ludicrous (and outlawed in all civilised countries). Saying cultural differences affect behaviours is reasonable. > > > I suggest you check out your own legal position, Horse, publishing that > > shit. > > Yes, it is indeed obvious you would like to muzzle all those who disagree with > your superior views. Seig Ian. All those ? I take this high risk stance (to my own love of freedom) only with you Platt. ONLY you. (Much to the annoyance of other censors, I actually do much to keep communication channels open with others barred from this board in recent years, who depite their offensive transgressions, still have worthwhile things to say. My conscience is clear.) Ian > > Platt > > > > > > On 8/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I reply, cautiously, just to answer a few points. > > > > > > > > [Platt] > > > > What I emphasize which you apparently are completely blind to are the > > > > people of competence, regardless of color, who, because of their > > > > competence, overcome all obstacles and become successful. > > > > > > > > [Arlo] > > > > When did I say such things _never_ occur. But I think, based on my > > > > humble observations in the real world, that the incidences of > > > > "competent blacks" being denied opportunity because of the color of > > > > their skin far outnumbers the cases where "competency" alone > > > > overcomes racial barriers. > > > > > > My humble observations indicate the opposite. In the business world and > > > in college acceptances, blacks step to the head of the line because of the > > > color of their skin. > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
