Len Budney writes:
> And all the crime I've experienced was perpetrated by "those people."
> That's why I ready my pepper spray whenever one of "them" comes near
> me.
A statement which would be particularly ironic if you happened to be a
member of a minority group. Not that we can tell from looking at your
email address or name. :)
> > Not all prejudice is bad.
>
> True, but even factually-based prejudice, when based on _correlation_
> rather than _causation_, is mighty risky business.
I'm prejudiced against sendmail, and in favor of djb's software. I
don't view that as particularly risky.
As an early human, failing to be prejudiced against predators was
quickly evolved out of the gene pool. Prejudice has great survival
value -- that's why non-functional prejudice is so hard to root out.
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