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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I saw a book at the library called Separate is NEVER Equal.
It was about racial segregation, but with a title like that you'd think it applied to every quality, like sex.
And every facility, like schools, prisons, bathrooms...
So people need to make up their minds! Is segregation always bad? Or are there actual viable instances where you should separate people?
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay"Depends" is the worst answer in the world right after "Because I said so".
Oh well...about Planned Parenthood, I wouldn't want to shut them down, just fine them for whatever illegal thing they did and make them do what they advertise.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayOne of the fundamental issues with segregation policies is that they are not "equal" by any objective definition. Facilities and institutions for racial and ethnic minorities are uniformly inferior to facilities for the majority. In any event, the main rationale for segregation is that blacks and whites are too different to coexist, which is ... insane.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"According to Bill Nye there's only one "race". What we see is just color and genetics.
But intelligence? I think that there probably are different levels of that. But unfortunately in life you can't level up at your own pace once you've gotten into the next "intelligence bracket."
Why can't school be like an MMO where experience is based on work and not just how many years you've been in the place!
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayMMO still give out 'welfare epix' to keep everyone current and able to do content, things have changed since the days of being locked out of current content because you couldn't gear up in previous content because no one would run it with you.
Also stuff like World Of Warcraft is very segregated with Horde vs Alliance and the massive imbalances in Racials. To the point where the Horde feel like second class citizens recently and do not pvp much at all anymore at all and the alliance were dealing with 3 hour queues for their quick and easy wins.
edited 12th Sep '15 8:17:33 AM by Memers
Fiorina shoots back at Trump
by taking over his jibe.
Fiorina didn't call out Trump by name on Friday night, but her remarks were tailored to the receptive, women-dominated crowd. "Look at all of your faces," Fiorina said, according to video posted online. "The face of leadership. The face of leadership in our party, the party of women's suffrage. The face of leadership in your communities, in your businesses, in your places of work and worship. Ladies, note to Democrat Party: We are not a special interest group, we are the majority of the nation."
Fiorina's comments were in light of remarks Trump made in a Rolling Stone profile published this week when he reacted to seeing her appear on TV. "Look at that face!" Trump said. "Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president." He has since explained the remarks by saying he was talking about Fiorina's persona, not her looks, and that he made comments about women "as an entertainer."
The only woman running in the GOP field, Fiorina has made an effort to speak to women to counter-balance Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and the Democrats' calls of a "war on women" by the Repubilcan Party. In fact, Clinton was the only candidate Fiorina called out by name on Friday.
"I have met more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton, but I didn't do photo ops, I did business. And charity. And policy work," Fiorina said, saying a leader must understand and navigate the world.
She also noted that a leader must understand technology. "And no, Mrs. Clinton, you do not wipe a server with a towel," she said.
Friday night, Fiorina delivered a speech full of her usual talking points but tailored to her audience. Calling out Democratic messaging, she said women care about a range of issues, just like men do. "I personally am so tired of hearing about women's issues. Every issue is a woman's issue," Fiorina said.
But she also drew anecdotes from her own biography, rising through the ranks of Hewlett-Packard and facing sexism along the way. She also recounted being asked on national television whether a woman in the Oval Office might be affected by her hormones. "So ladies, let's just think. Can we think of a single instance in which a man's judgment was clouded by his hormones?" she quipped, to roaring applause.
She continued: "I am not asking for your vote and your support because I am a woman. I am asking for your vote and your support because I am the most qualified candidate to win this job and to do this job."
...I absolutely loved that speech. Fiorina just became the first candidate to really catch my eye this election. I hope she wins the GOP primaries.
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I really don't think hormones are an issue when your 60.
I wonder how Trump will respond...never mind, I can guess. At least there's one person willing to take onTrump.
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Or people seeing the video and jumping to a conclusion. Editing usually need not apply.
edited 12th Sep '15 10:05:34 AM by Skycobra51
Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.

I'm glad he ordered it expanded instead of shut down, it's a victory for no one when I good program is shut down instead of expanded to include those it was discriminating against.
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