I just read an article in the Stanford Report on Jewish emigres from Germany in the 1930s to the U.S. who increased patents in their fields by 31%, and this was in the face of anti-semitism in universities and corporations. They succeeded despite the obstacles because of their superior intelligence and the quality of their work. The idea that if only Aborigines were "exposed" to math and physics then they'd have an equal chance of becoming an Einstein, is laughable. The same goes for the argument that if only minority groups or girls were encouraged to study computer science, we'd have more engineers, simply false.
With today's fetish for diversity, part of the multiculturalist religion of the political left, we the polar opposite being practiced. Your intellect and quality of your work are worth less if you are a white male. However, there's no evidence that ethic diversity is a net benefit for any society. Quite the opposite, increased diversity leads to greater friction between groups, lower trust and cooperation. Read Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" for proof of this.
I understand Apples push for diversity both from the perspective of broadening their appeal to global markets (because profits are their prime motivator) and because replacing white (or any other race for that matter) U.S. citizens with H1B Visa imports who can be paid much less, also helps their bottom line. From the perspective of pure capitalism, this is a sound strategy, if you have principles and don't want to see your country mutated into a diverse "market" to be harvested by corporations, it's a call to arms.
That's what certain terrorist apologists say about the terrorists too. "We need to understand why they want to kill us! Let's find the root cause!" and other likeminded drivel.
Sorry, I don't buy into such twisted, backwards and demented logic. The root cause is that they are messed up in their heads, and they simply need to be eliminated. It's no more complicated than that. The problem will go away when they're dead.
And I do fully understand what is the root cause behind many racist accusations. It is because many ignorant liberals often resort to the race card, when they have few other arguments that they can utilize. I'm not talking specifically about you or anybody else on this forum, I am talking in general. They can use it as a weapon, often successfully, even if their claims are untrue, and so they continue to use it, though they know it's wrong. But, that doesn't matter to them of course, as anything goes.
These past few years, especially since the past few Presidential races, the race card has been fully worn out, and the liberals have completely damaged the meaning of the word racist, because it has lost most of its meaning. Nobody gives a crap about the boy who cried wolf, after they have been caught as a fraud for the tenth time. When the eleventh time comes around and there's a real wolf, nobody will help the boy, just as nobody is going to care about any real racism if it were to occur, because these people have been repeatedly falsely accused of being racists.
These people are the lowest of the low (the people who falsely play the race card and constantly make racist accusations), and they will get no pity from me, no matter what happens to them in the future.
I shouldn't reply to this "opinion".... I know... but whatever...(!)
You do realize that in many parts of the world, including many places in Europe I might add, it is America and/or the Israelis that are commonly referred to as the true terrorists.
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is quite common saying, which I'm sure you've probably heard of.
So with that in mind, can you possibly see for a minute why what you just wrote above... is exactly how the opposition feels and thinks about you? And why there are tensions? And why due to people such as yourself at the bargaining table for "peace" going into negotiations with that frame of mind... get absolutely nowhere?
Having people on both sides of an argument with your justified way of thinking... in the 21st century... dare I call it "like it is" and say... it's rather uncivilized for our times?!
I'm rather surprised that @SolipsismX hasn't corrected you... while agreed with you in that you're not a racist... you are the very definition and Poster Boy of a bigot.
big·ot
noun \?bi-g?t\
: a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)
And please... don't go painting me as one of your hated liberals. I am a Passive Tolerant... until I can't passively tolerate your BS any longer. At which time I turn into a very Big. Bad. Wolf!
I'm rather surprised that @SolipsismX hasn't corrected you...
I didn't even read that post. With terrorist apologists as the 4th and 5th words of his comment my eyes keep getting locked in an eye roll so its unlikely I'll ever read it.
Indeed; those who lack focus find it hard to read beyond the 4th and 5th word and therefore have a tendency to spring to superficial judgements.
You favour discrimination over performance, leading to under-performing companies, which means you can't pay your employees as much; a flawed business plan.
Seems to me that it is you who should remain silent on this topic, as you seem to require many more words than TS to say much less of consequence.
You obviously have difficulty in understanding what I wrote. Perhaps you should read it again, more slowly.
No difficulty; thanks for the condescending reply, though.
Great post, and well done for overcoming adverse circumstances.
It seems to me that the reason for differing types of people in any walk of life is due to culture, not racism or any other ism. All jobs tend to have different proportions, because people are attracted to different things. As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Tim Cook has revealed his true colours as a quota-whore, which is a shame. With luck, he will see the light and realise that there is only one sentence he needs drilled into him:
'The best man for the job.'
Bullshit. Minorities were probably discouraged from the arts and sciences by clueless teachers.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Can you seriously not understand what you are writing here?
Talk about generalizing.
So Blacks/Hispanics are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races. Wow. Wow. Wow.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
That's a very racist thing to say. What aspect of their innate makeup makes you believe that the categorization of all such people have this tendency? Why exclude the notion that impoverished children without a proper family structure might fall into gangs as a way of finding a family unit within the only culture that they know?
Try reading carefully before accusing me of racism.
What aspect of their innate makeup makes you believe that the categorization of all such people have this tendency?
Originally Posted by sog35
Saying that Blacks are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races is pure racism.
Within the context of his post and the quote therein, I don’t believe that he is saying this. It looks more like he’s just stating what all statistics show, rather than implying there is an inherent racial draw to such behavior.
Let’s wait for him to clarify.
Clarify? I was quoting sflocal, who stated that in his community, blacks and Hispanics took drugs and entered gangs.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Can you seriously not understand what you are writing here?
Talk about generalizing.
So Blacks/Hispanics are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Can you seriously not understand what you are writing here?
Talk about generalizing.
So Blacks/Hispanics are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races. Wow. Wow. Wow.
If you read it again that's not what he's saying. Read before, and after it to get full understanding. I initially thought the same, but I reread it, and understood it, but [@]Benjamin Frost[/@] could have done a better job wording it.
Oh gosh. I really want to use this out of context somewhere else, but the churlishness is pretty overbearing. I’m more of a “You’re wrong; here’s why: [bulleted, cited list].” person.
I'm curious why you and [@]mstone[/@] feel that everyone in the world, regardless of religion (or lack thereof), should only use Before Christ and "In the year of our Lord." It seems very self serving to me and I dont think you'd be happy if the world used the Hebrew or Islamic calander.
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Ah, the Angles are gone, yet it’s still called England. Though “Hispania” is gone, they’re still called Hispanics.
Off topic but damn interesting and entertaining (at least to me)…
Good vid!
Ah, the Angles are gone, yet it’s still called England. Though “Hispania” is gone, they’re still called Hispanics.
A lot of obtuse Angles on this thread.
We need a Guardian Angel to oversee the matter.
I just read an article in the Stanford Report on Jewish emigres from Germany in the 1930s to the U.S. who increased patents in their fields by 31%, and this was in the face of anti-semitism in universities and corporations. They succeeded despite the obstacles because of their superior intelligence and the quality of their work. The idea that if only Aborigines were "exposed" to math and physics then they'd have an equal chance of becoming an Einstein, is laughable. The same goes for the argument that if only minority groups or girls were encouraged to study computer science, we'd have more engineers, simply false.
With today's fetish for diversity, part of the multiculturalist religion of the political left, we the polar opposite being practiced. Your intellect and quality of your work are worth less if you are a white male. However, there's no evidence that ethic diversity is a net benefit for any society. Quite the opposite, increased diversity leads to greater friction between groups, lower trust and cooperation. Read Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" for proof of this.
I understand Apples push for diversity both from the perspective of broadening their appeal to global markets (because profits are their prime motivator) and because replacing white (or any other race for that matter) U.S. citizens with H1B Visa imports who can be paid much less, also helps their bottom line. From the perspective of pure capitalism, this is a sound strategy, if you have principles and don't want to see your country mutated into a diverse "market" to be harvested by corporations, it's a call to arms.
Great post.
That's what certain terrorist apologists say about the terrorists too. "We need to understand why they want to kill us! Let's find the root cause!" and other likeminded drivel.
Sorry, I don't buy into such twisted, backwards and demented logic. The root cause is that they are messed up in their heads, and they simply need to be eliminated. It's no more complicated than that. The problem will go away when they're dead.
And I do fully understand what is the root cause behind many racist accusations. It is because many ignorant liberals often resort to the race card, when they have few other arguments that they can utilize. I'm not talking specifically about you or anybody else on this forum, I am talking in general. They can use it as a weapon, often successfully, even if their claims are untrue, and so they continue to use it, though they know it's wrong. But, that doesn't matter to them of course, as anything goes.
These past few years, especially since the past few Presidential races, the race card has been fully worn out, and the liberals have completely damaged the meaning of the word racist, because it has lost most of its meaning. Nobody gives a crap about the boy who cried wolf, after they have been caught as a fraud for the tenth time. When the eleventh time comes around and there's a real wolf, nobody will help the boy, just as nobody is going to care about any real racism if it were to occur, because these people have been repeatedly falsely accused of being racists.
These people are the lowest of the low (the people who falsely play the race card and constantly make racist accusations), and they will get no pity from me, no matter what happens to them in the future.
I shouldn't reply to this "opinion".... I know... but whatever...(!)
You do realize that in many parts of the world, including many places in Europe I might add, it is America and/or the Israelis that are commonly referred to as the true terrorists.
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is quite common saying, which I'm sure you've probably heard of.
So with that in mind, can you possibly see for a minute why what you just wrote above... is exactly how the opposition feels and thinks about you? And why there are tensions? And why due to people such as yourself at the bargaining table for "peace" going into negotiations with that frame of mind... get absolutely nowhere?
Having people on both sides of an argument with your justified way of thinking... in the 21st century... dare I call it "like it is" and say... it's rather uncivilized for our times?!
I'm rather surprised that @SolipsismX hasn't corrected you... while agreed with you in that you're not a racist... you are the very definition and Poster Boy of a bigot.
big·ot
noun \?bi-g?t\
: a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)
And please... don't go painting me as one of your hated liberals. I am a Passive Tolerant... until I can't passively tolerate your BS any longer. At which time I turn into a very Big. Bad. Wolf!
Passive Tolerant=Passive-Aggressive Liberal.
I'm rather surprised that @SolipsismX hasn't corrected you...
I didn't even read that post. With terrorist apologists as the 4th and 5th words of his comment my eyes keep getting locked in an eye roll so its unlikely I'll ever read it.
Indeed; those who lack focus find it hard to read beyond the 4th and 5th word and therefore have a tendency to spring to superficial judgements.
If no one has convinced anyone in the first page, you're not going to be able to do it in pages 2-99.
If you don't succeed, try and try again.
You favour discrimination over performance, leading to under-performing companies, which means you can't pay your employees as much; a flawed business plan.
Seems to me that it is you who should remain silent on this topic, as you seem to require many more words than TS to say much less of consequence.
You obviously have difficulty in understanding what I wrote. Perhaps you should read it again, more slowly.
No difficulty; thanks for the condescending reply, though.
Great post, and well done for overcoming adverse circumstances.
It seems to me that the reason for differing types of people in any walk of life is due to culture, not racism or any other ism. All jobs tend to have different proportions, because people are attracted to different things. As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Tim Cook has revealed his true colours as a quota-whore, which is a shame. With luck, he will see the light and realise that there is only one sentence he needs drilled into him:
'The best man for the job.'
Bullshit. Minorities were probably discouraged from the arts and sciences by clueless teachers.
No prejudice, there.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Can you seriously not understand what you are writing here?
Talk about generalizing.
So Blacks/Hispanics are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Bow wow, you, too, little doggie.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
That's a very racist thing to say. What aspect of their innate makeup makes you believe that the categorization of all such people have this tendency? Why exclude the notion that impoverished children without a proper family structure might fall into gangs as a way of finding a family unit within the only culture that they know?
Try reading carefully before accusing me of racism.
Saying that Blacks are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races is pure racism.
Within the context of his post and the quote therein, I don’t believe that he is saying this. It looks more like he’s just stating what all statistics show, rather than implying there is an inherent racial draw to such behavior.
Let’s wait for him to clarify.
Clarify? I was quoting sflocal, who stated that in his community, blacks and Hispanics took drugs and entered gangs.
Imagine a world without traffic lights; heaven.
As in: we’d all be there because of crashes.
Nice! Or hell.
For automobile repair shops it would be.
I think BCE and CE should be used.
To me it reads as if you are agreeing with his comment, not that you are quoting him.
As you state, blacks and Hispanics tend to be attracted to drugs and gangs, which I would consider a bad thing, though I presume plenty would disagree.
Can you seriously not understand what you are writing here?
Talk about generalizing.
So Blacks/Hispanics are more attracted to drugs/gangs than other races. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Bow wow, you, too, little doggie.
As it should.
I think BCE and CE should be used.
Each to his own; you're wrong, though.
If you read it again that's not what he's saying. Read before, and after it to get full understanding. I initially thought the same, but I reread it, and understood it, but [@]Benjamin Frost[/@] could have done a better job wording it.
He did say "I would consider", not "I do consider" as it's something he's not entirely sure of.
Oh gosh. I really want to use this out of context somewhere else, but the churlishness is pretty overbearing. I’m more of a “You’re wrong; here’s why: [bulleted, cited list].” person.
I'm curious why you and [@]mstone[/@] feel that everyone in the world, regardless of religion (or lack thereof), should only use Before Christ and "In the year of our Lord." It seems very self serving to me and I dont think you'd be happy if the world used the Hebrew or Islamic calander.