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Re: Buses & Beggers [Re: Vote against/for...]
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Date: 
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:57:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:

> > Somehow DWB has become the example here, which wasn't the initial assertion.
> > Initially, Scott asserted that success in America is somehow assured if your
> > skin color was a particular shade.

> Nope. I inferred that white folks have more "freedoms".

Well, you inferred wrongly.  They have the same "freedoms" everyone else has.
There is one law for everyone.

> That view is not "class warfare". That view is not ?racism?. It?s a fact.

Give me an example of an American law that grants whites more freedoms than
blacks.

> When I was in Seattle a couple of months ago I notices 2 things:
> 1. Beggars tended to be black [and there was a lot of them compared to the >UK].
> 2. Buses appeared to be disproportionately used by non-whites.

> Why was that John? Are white folks genetically inhibited from using public
> transport or begging? Should I have waited for a bus for white folks to come
> along?

Sounds like an economic issue to me as I already stated.

-John



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  Re: Buses & Beggers [Re: Vote against/for...]
 
John, You are being obtuse again. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Nope. I inferred that white folks have more "freedoms". That view is not "class warfare". That view is not “racism”. It’s a fact. When I was in Seattle a couple of months ago I notices 2 things: 1. Beggars tended to be black [and there was a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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