Stephen Elliott
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Joined: Oct. 2005
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Dean,
Of course I don't think the majority of Muslims are extremists. But it is obvious that some are. It was also aparent that Muslim extremists have been alowed to voice opinion that would land anyone else in prison. This does nobody (of a reasonable disposition) any favours.
What has been encouraging in the last few days, is that reasonable Muslims seem to be getting more assertive in condemning their extremists.
I consider treating people differently according to race or religion wrong-headed. It does harm in the long run.
Treating people differently according to an individuals character or ability is fine.
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C.J.O'Brien Posted on Feb. 07 2006,18:47
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Stephen, reading your last post, I take it you believe MLK, Jr was a racist?
He was a strong advocate of Affirmative Action, what I believe you would call Positive Discrimination.
My stance on the issue is that it is one on which reasonable people can disagree. (I favor it, but there are good arguments against it.) One of those is not, however, that it is racist. |
This is what I cannot understand. How can discriminating on grounds of a persons race be anything but racist?
I can see why someone would think that there is good reason for AA/PD. My belief is that it is wrong though. The long term effects can only be damaging.
I have no idea on MLK Jr. being a racist or not (I doubt that he was). But if he was promoting AA then he was promoting a racist policy. I far prefer what MLK Jr. himself said in his "I have a dream" speach,
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. |
now that, I whole-heartedly agree with.
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