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« on: September 24, 2006, 03:55:06 PM »

I'm not going to post this in the other topic. You know what I'm referring to.

For those of you who are completely clueless:
1. Ignore statistics, designed to show 'discrimination,' that do not control for other factors, or stop the disaggregation process at an arbitrary point (such as college degrees, and not the type of degree).
2. In fact, in practice, it's impossible to control for every other factor, so it's best to just ignore such statistics anyway.
3. There are numerous examples throughout world history of minorities who were discriminated against under the law who dominated nations' economies. It would be pretty hard to argue that that was the result of 'discrimination' against the majority.
4. This is not to say that minorities such as blacks are not discriminated against, but merely that it can not be shown through statistics.
5. American men are struck by lightning something like six times as often as American women. Clearly God is discriminating against us.
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2006, 04:04:56 PM »

Happily there is no need for the use of this dubious method in politics in general or the issue at hand.
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2006, 04:23:17 PM »

3. There are numerous examples throughout world history of minorities who were discriminated against under the law who dominated nations' economies. It would be pretty hard to argue that that was the result of 'discrimination' against the majority.

Yes a good example of this is modern day Malaysia. The 30% of the country which is ethnic Chinese controls most of the economy and always has. They were the traders and merchants in prior eras and now they are everything from corporate leaders to small-town shopowners. However they are highly descriminated against by the Malaysian government which openly favours the Malay majority in all government positions, through affirmative action programs and law.

Jews prior to the 20th century also held this position as did many other so called Middleman minorities around the world who usually held economic power and capital while being descriminated against by the majority population.
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2006, 04:59:00 PM »

Yes a good example of this is modern day Malaysia. The 30% of the country which is ethnic Chinese controls most of the economy and always has.

Yes, and virtually all the means of production in America is owned by the 1% of the population that is the upper class.   
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