Jack, You wrote:
Now I think anyone who would give a post this title has to be coming from a place of ignorance and prejudice but thats the whole reason race is an issue. You are one hundred and eighty degrees wrong. It comes from a place where race is NOT an issue and is directed at an idiot societry where it IS. On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM, ConservativeJack < [email protected]> wrote: > > Well Richard I guess that view is nice as far as philosophy or > religion goes but this is a political board and i don't know what > country you live in but the one I live in has some real race issues. > So in that regard there is such a thing as race. Now I think anyone > who would give a post this title has to be coming from a place of > ignorance and prejudice but thats the whole reason race is an issue. > It's like women getting job promotions. You cant tell me there aren't > times when women get jobs just because they're women. So is there no > such thing as sex too? I'm glad those firemen got their promotions but > if race weren't an issue, it wouldn't have been in the news in the > first place. > > On Jun 30, 7:46 am, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Has it ever occurred to anyone here that there is no such thing as > > race? The whole idea of dividing the human race into different races > > is bogus. A dog is a dog and a cat is a cat. There are breeds of > > dogs and cats but you can't cross breed a dog and a cat. Humans can > > and do cross breed with other humans. The whole idea of different > > races began with a German anthropologist, to justify slavery and we > > still accept his error....because? 1. It makes us feel superior to > > other humans. 2. We can pretend to be oppressed and get special > > treatment. Etc. > > I belong to a group of people who create non-profit organizations and > > most of the members are entrepreneurs or proffesionals (M.D., CPA, > > Attorney) and most of them are just a few generations from Africa. > > All humans came from Africa, by the way. They do not fit the mold > > most of you seem to have for such people. These people are leaders, > > they are educated, they are doers, not complainers, they are > > spiritual, not religious, they are unifiers, not dividers, they > > quietly go about serving humanity. > > > > On Jun 29, 10:16 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I suspect Sotomayer's real problem is not the law, but her appearance; > > > she looks like Quasimodo. > > > > > So, she equates growing up in the South Bronx as equivalent to a > > > vicious, dog-eat-dog determent camp. Which the South Bronx was not, at > > > least the section where she lived around Yankee Stadium. > > > > > It wasn't the shortage of Latin lessons or calculus, but the shortage > > > of dates - as in none. Which turned all "her" neighborhoods into one > > > big metal foundry, and her own personal, giant axe to grind.- Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Mark M. Kahle, , www.filacoffee.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
