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To: epicure who wrote (78349)10/26/2003 2:11:30 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
"As Ayn Rand said many times in her book, it does not matter that some people are given breaks while others are not, as long as the standard of success is the same for everyone. Even nepotism is perfectly justified, provided that the position is earned. There was nothing stopping my father from founding Microsoft in 1975 instead of Bill Gates. The reason he didn't was not because he was slighly poorer than Bill as a child! The world abounds with examples of rags-to-riches stories, and vice versa."

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To: epicure who wrote (78349)10/26/2003 3:13:35 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
We know that the meritocracy isn't perfect. The thing about affirmative action is that it is specifically designed to undercut the meritocracy and does so with government sanction. That's a twofer.


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