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To: TigerPaw who wrote (158305)	1/17/2003 4:45:40 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574493

TogerPaw, re:Affirmative Action Could you define what the goal is? With the DNC, it's all about buying votes is it not? Steve

To: TigerPaw who wrote (158305)	1/17/2003 5:57:32 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574493

TP, <A fake solution is one which perports to make a change but has no mechanism to do so.> Exactly what affirmative action is. The goal is to end racial discrimination, but the mechanism only promotes a different form of discrimination, and the original problem gets worse. <I also disagree with your reasoning of the excluded middle which implies that there are only two alternatives in my view> Here is what you said, "If one assumes that bias existed in the past, there is no way to come to a neutral postion without applying a counter-bias for a while." Bias has existed against Asians in the past, yet you don't see Asians needing or receiving any sort of affirmative action, do you? Tenchusatsu