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Re: Buses & Beggers [Re: Vote against/for...]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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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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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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