tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616542941395272083.post5533333298553109344..comments2023-05-23T04:21:47.246-07:00Comments on morning coffee: RIGHT WING B.S.Jim G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00142119429985458217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616542941395272083.post-26512263402634360842008-11-20T16:02:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:02:00.000-08:00Well said Hags!Well said Hags!Mark R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06194466260935719477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616542941395272083.post-45826004881868592152008-11-19T22:40:00.000-08:002008-11-19T22:40:00.000-08:00Terry,You are not absolutely right. There was a t...Terry,<BR/><BR/>You are not absolutely right. <BR/><BR/>There was a time when AA made some sense, so long as you were willing to set aside opportunities for special groups at the expense of other, more qualified candidates. And not all those in the the special groups felt good about the experience. Notably, Clarence Thomas has written and spoken about AA diminishing the recipients, including him.<BR/><BR/>In California, the citizens voted AA down. How come? In a multi-racial society, AA gets very complex. How do we rank the "rights" of Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Burmans, Indians, American Indians, name all your favorites Hispanic and Afican Americans, etc., etc? In California the vote was interpreted as meaning that many Asian people didn't like the favoritism towards Blacks and Hispanics.<BR/><BR/>And, OBTW, when is my debt to slavery to be deemed paid? I think I'm all caught up, and that is in no small part due to the fact that I have NEVER discriminated against anyone in matters of employment, education, housing, etc. I do cheerfully discriminate in my social relationships, but that is because I don't like some person, not because I don't like some group. For example,I dislike any guy who improves his lie, regardless of race, creed or color.<BR/><BR/>Affirmative Action is an old thought about social engineering that has lost any credible place in our society.<BR/><BR/>There are lots of good reasons for helping the less fortunate, but that justification should be based on need, not race.<BR/><BR/>HagsHagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725358926697799270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4616542941395272083.post-91233140769636875462008-11-17T18:52:00.000-08:002008-11-17T18:52:00.000-08:00Terry - You are absolutely right. Ironically, many...Terry - <BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right. Ironically, many of those most opposed to affirmative action were the recipients of legacy college admissions - affirmative action for the upper classes (George W Bush, for example). That system continues undisturbed and for the most part without controversy. Why aren't the indignant Republicans complaining about that patently unfair system?Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542863255802738652noreply@blogger.com