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beyelzu · 02-08-2003, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
So many people are so willing to ascribe racist etc motivations to actions when simple self-interest will suffice.

Indeed, thats why I am very leary of "examples of racism" when the only proof is disproportional representation or something along those lines. People scream racism whenever minorities are disproportionately affected by anything. Note people suing honda for turning down a higher percentage of blacks then whites, when honda doesnt even know the races of the people they are turning down.

Loren Pechtel · 02-08-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu
Indeed, thats why I am very leary of "examples of racism" when the only proof is disproportional representation or something along those lines. People scream racism whenever minorities are disproportionately affected by anything. Note people suing honda for turning down a higher percentage of blacks then whites, when honda doesnt even know the races of the people they are turning down.

I hadn't heard that one but it doesn't surprise me.

beyelzu · 02-09-2003, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
I hadn't heard that one but it doesn't surprise me.

I read about it last year or the year before, but I tried to search for it in google and I couldnt find it, maybe because there are over a thousand entries for racism discrimination honda. I couldnt remember enough about the news to narrow my search further.

beyelzu · 02-09-2003, 07:32 AM

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Originally posted by Beyelzu
Loren, I agree with you for the most part, but I dont think that the purge was aimed at this particular election. I would also like to point out that people are pretending that this is a race issue when it is not

AUGUST SPIES,

Still waiting on that apology man

are the words just stuck in your throat, let me repeat, I was pointing out that mandela was "spewing anti-american rhetoric" and he was.

You ready to admit that yet?

also you said that I couldnt point out an untruth, considering that I proved my assertion I was pointing out the "anti american rhetoric" wasnt I???

Please respond, if only to tell me to go to hell. I am iterested in how you feel now, since you started by saying that I was wrong.

Daggah · 02-09-2003, 12:29 PM

Ron,

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That's just how it is and we don't owe an apology for a damn thing we did in that war except the internment of Japanese Americans.

I'd say we owe Germany an apology for the Dresden attack that we participated in. In the third wave of that attack, American pilots strafed refugees fleeing for their lives!

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