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wickednnc -> RE: How to get called names (2/15/2007 9:10:27 PM)
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Because our ability to reason is not detached from our instincts like the hunger for power, and the need to be with the group most like yourself to feel safe.
...And because these statements are hate and ignorance based.
It's difficult to make ANY observation on race these days without someone screaming racism and ignorance - unless you happen to be from the crowd who screams it. Case in point, a student leader at NC Central was quoted by AP I believe it was as stating that the players should be tried for rape regardless of whether or not they did it because it would make up for past transgressions by whites.
Barely made the news. Turn it around, it would be splashed from one corner of the country to the next, and the unfortunate soul who uttered it would not only be socially castrated, but probably be infamous for the rest of his or her life.
About 15 years ago I witnessed an accident at a stop light. Truck barreled through the red, struck a car passing through the green. I waited and gave my statement to the police since I was the only observer present at the time. I told them what I saw and went on my way. Somewhere around a month or so later, I saw the guy from the car again. He thanked me profusely for telling the truth.
I was... bewildered to say the least. What else would you tell? He was black. The truck driver was white. And that was to make a difference? Truth is truth. It's not shaded one color or the next. A truthful statement or observation is not racist, nor borne of hatred regardless of whether it steps on toes or sensitivities. I'm not here to pick on option 1 above though. Much the same is true for 2 and 5. People really don't want truth.
As for the rest, aids is about useless as a biological agent in military applications. The incubation period is too long, the path of the disease too time consuming. Just as ebola is about useless because of reasons exactly the opposite. It kills too quickly, is difficult to spread, and as such can be contained with minimal quarantine. Neither fits the bill for as a good bio weapon.
When it comes to the Holocaust, well, I think one would do better trying to deny breathing because you'd have to be about brain dead to forget.
Islam is undeniably linked to violence. Doesn't mean all muslims are violent and untrustworthy. It means segments of that particular religion both revel in violence and use it for their own purposes.
All of the above generally fit into one category though, and that's related to the fact that if people practiced minding their own business rather than everyone elses, the world would probably be a better place.
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