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[MARIS61]

Seriously? It never occurs to me that people are intentionally trying to anger people. I understand people are trying to annoy others, but not bring them to anger. I, on the other hand, seem to make people angry without even really trying.

I don't think it's you.

It's your avatar. I get an evil feeling from it.

 

[MARIS61]

For many. Apparently not for my brother.

Just be glad you were ahead of him in line when they passed out the brains.

 

[Chutney]

I freakin' love this board! Kill more cows! Kill more pigs!

I had a delicious sub for lunch today--dry salami, Genoa salami, pepperoni, capicola, turkey and parma ham. I'm back, baby!

 

[maxiep]

You don't really believe in a meritocracy.

Actually, I do.

A meritocracy would first level the playing fields. Or are you now for "real" opportunity redistribution?

That's completely false. Are you telling me that equal opportunity doesn't exist in this country? We just elected a President who was the product of a bi-racial relationship, who barely knew his father and whose hippie mother left him with his grandparents. You can do anything you want in this country; you just have to work hard enough.

The New York Yankees are analogous to my point. Do you feel that franchise has success because of merit? Or is it because the rules allow for them to succeed in conditions in which other franchises are pitted squarely behind the eight ball? Yes, it's possible for other franchises to succeed, but not without working more efficiently, with far less resources, and with the surmounting of all the other necessary barriers to entry . That to me is not a system of meritocracy. That is the system of the status quo free market and that is the system I'm willing to bet that you support.

You know all of this though. You are smart. So what gives?

You're confusing organizations and individuals. Goldman Sachs will always attract better employees than the local Plaid Pantry because they're willing to pay more. The person who started working at the local Plaid Pantry has the ability with enough effort to gain employment at Goldman Sachs.

 

[jlprk]

He's a vegetarian bird watcher who likes to come along with me when I go grouse hunting. Kind of an odd duck, really.

I've been carefully molding my older boy into a shooting guard. I used to think PG, but the fact is he hates passing.

Just thought I'd repeat those. They were funny.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Bigot.

Bah, ousted again.

Classic. Maxiep makes a comment about "illegal" immigration, and you turn it into an "immigration" issue. This is such a simple distinction, and yet people on the left get it wrong all the time. Is it intentional?


Wow. So if someone is opposed to murder, then they are "bigoted" against murderers?

Nice one, Einstein.

 

[Eastoff]

Bigot.

I hate bigots! the only thing worse than a bigot is a Canadian and a L*ker!

 

[Eastoff]

Actually, I do.



That's completely false. Are you telling me that equal opportunity doesn't exist in this country? We just elected a President who was the product of a bi-racial relationship, who barely knew his father and whose hippie mother left him with his grandparents. You can do anything you want in this country; you just have to work hard enough.



You're confusing organizations and individuals. Goldman Sachs will always attract better employees than the local Plaid Pantry because they're willing to pay more. The person who started working at the local Plaid Pantry has the ability with enough effort to gain employment at Goldman Sachs.

Well does a kid born in LO have the same likelihood to succeed as kid born in Hillsboro?

 

[maxiep]

Well does a kid born in LO have the same likelihood to succeed as kid born in Hillsboro?

Likelihood has nothing to do with it. It's if you work hard enough in this country you can succeed. No one said if you work equally hard, you have an equal chance at success. Clearly, that's not true. However, if you're willing to outwork everyone else, you can do anything in America. BTW, one of the most successful people I know was born in Anacostia, which is one of the worst neighborhoods in DC.