Observing Visit to Mauna Kea

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 6:11:02 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9:19:51 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:

The United
States, for some reason, immediately following the Civil War, failed to
institute a vast program to educate the black people - at the expense of the
Southern states - so that within no more than one generation, black Americans
would be, on average, identical to white Americans in all key demographic
aspects... same average household wealth, same average educational level, same
average income.

Ah, socialism, again.

Socialism is wrong, but slavery wasn't?

I mean, whatever your beliefs concerning the proper role of government in
society may be, *clearly* everyone must agree that black Americans, by right,
should be able to wake up in an America where being black doesn't imply any
disadvantage - where complete equality is just taken for granted without a
second thought.

At present, in the United States, this is not the case; hence, whatever
obstacles stand in the way of this absolute right of black people must be
bulldozed out of the way by whatever means necessary... excluding, of course,
ridiculous steps that would lead to an even worse violation of rights than that
being corrected, but it would take an awful lot to be worse than the horrible
discrimination faced every day by innocent law-abiding black people.

So silly ideas like making everyone blind are excluded. But stuff that involves spending tax dollars is not in that league.

John Savard

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 8:50:38 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 6:11:02 AM UTC-6, wsne... wrote:
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9:19:51 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:

The United
States, for some reason, immediately following the Civil War, failed to
institute a vast program to educate the black people - at the expense of the
Southern states - so that within no more than one generation, black Americans
would be, on average, identical to white Americans in all key demographic
aspects... same average household wealth, same average educational level, same
average income.

Ah, socialism, again.

Socialism is wrong, but slavery wasn't?

Those are YOUR words.

Socialism and slavery are both wrong.


I mean, whatever your beliefs concerning the proper role of government in
society may be, *clearly* everyone must agree that black Americans, by right,
should be able to wake up in an America where being black doesn't imply any
disadvantage - where complete equality is just taken for granted without a
second thought.

Who says it implies a disadvantage?


At present, in the United States, this is not the case; hence, whatever
obstacles stand in the way of this absolute right of black people must be
bulldozed out of the way by whatever means necessary... excluding, of course,
ridiculous steps that would lead to an even worse violation of rights than that
being corrected, but it would take an awful lot to be worse than the horrible
discrimination faced every day by innocent law-abiding black people.

So far today I have not discriminated against anyone. You?

So silly ideas like making everyone blind are excluded. But stuff that involves spending tax dollars is not in that league.

Ah, socialism, again.