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To: neolib who wrote (96709)1/25/2005 11:16:14 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793696
 
We classify things because it forms a useful framework for understanding.

Indeed we do. However some classifications are more rigorous than others.

When some classifications become amorphous, and cause more trouble than good - it is time to reconsider its usage.

developing medical treatments which target specific subgroups

I think they should target specific disease. But that is only me, I don't have that much to say in such matters.

If you don't like the word race,

I don't have any problem with the word. I only have problems with it and any other words that carries with it faulty definitions and assumptions.