Harry,
I think you and Don are two peas in a pod.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Don wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Don wrote:


"John Smith" wrote in message
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I didn't think it was possible for someone to be dumber than
Basskisser,

but


Don has done it.

Be careful not to take anything of his, because the law requires him
to

shot


you in the face.


Most children learn the difference between *shoot* and *shot* when they

are

about 8 years old.
What's your excuse?



Most of the righties here have low-level language skills. It's part of
being a card-carrying RepubliBORG.


sigh
It's not a matter of right or left.
It's a matter of *belonging*.
Many people today find it stylish to *belong* to one group or another,
because they have no self esteem.
They realize they are worthless and cling deperately to any kind of
identity
that will offer them some semblence of emotional support.
They have no sense of self identity, no self worth.




I'm not sure your posit conflicts with mine. Most of the RepubliBORG who
post here have poor written language skills. Or are you saying that
writing as if one were nearly functionally illiterate helps one identify
with Bush...

Did you swallow a used condom?

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Harry,
I think you and Don are two peas in a pod.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote
"Don" wrote
Why is diversity a good thing?

1) Because it exposes you to different types of people.

shred
Well, duh.
But you still haven't explained WHY that is a good thing.

Au contraire. I have offered several reasons, although certainly not all.

You explained why *being exposed to different types of people* is a good
thing?

"Doug Kanter" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
Well, every human being migrated from somewhere, at some time.

Nope.
I was born in the US, I am native.

Earliest humanoid remains have been found in Africa, therefore, you're
African.

Nope.
I have never been to Africa.
I was born in the US, I am a native.

Take us back to the first generation of your ancestors who touched this
soil. Where were THEIR grandparents from?

How is that relevent to, well, anything at all?
They are all dead.
I, however, was born here in the US and am a native.
Aren't you?

Why is diversity a good thing?

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We interupt the political crap fight for the following philosophical opinion.

The value of diversity:

The simplest forms of life can often perceive only a single stimuli, and cannot
"think" at all. A microbe may react to light, or heat, or the presence of food
but it will do so in exactly the same manner as all the other microbes- or it
will die. When a microbe reproduces, it divides to create another microbe that
is an exact replica of the original.

Higher forms of life acquire the ability to react to a multitude of stimuli
simultaneously, as well as to categorize, memorize, compare, evaluate, and
postulate....in other words, the higher life forms develop the basic dynamics
required for intelligent thought. The highest life forms by human standards are
humans, (the gnostic or self-aware, advanced primate).

Individual human intelligence, and the collective conscious intelligence of a
community (aka society) is enhanced by the exercise required to solve a wide
variety of problems and resolve complex social situations. When there are
diverse
religions, ethnicities, and cultural priorities within a finite group of people
who will interacting on a regular basis, the human consciousness has the
opportunity to repsond by expanding the boundaries of things that are currently
known and respected, (if not believed).

In a society where we were all the same color, same religion, same political
party,
same social values, etc.....some of the best and most creative parts of each
individual member would atrophy for lack of use.

Often as not, it is the tension between the dissimilar that results in creative
energies
rather than the sleepy, homogenized, mundane boredom of the strictly
conforming.

Without diversity of thought we would still believe the sun orbited around the
earth, and that our planet was the geographic center of the universe.

Without diversity of culture, we would have
107 classical music stations to choose from on the radio. Jazz, blues, rock 'n
roll, country western? Never would have happened.

Without diversity of religion, we'd all be worshipping the Earth Mother.
Hinduism, Buddhism, or the religions of Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
would never have evolved because each religious person would have been careful
to be, think, and act in strict conformity with those who preceded him.

Without diversity, we would go out to dinner in America and eat porridge.
Chinese food? Italian food? Mexican food?
French food? Ain't happening.

Many of the people who clamor most actively for a conformist "American" society
fail to appreciate that American society as we know it today is the result of
a creative process that resulted from balancing and incorporating diverse
factors, not the strict adherence to a conformity.

Many of the people who decry diversity define the "diverse" as almost anybody
who is not exactly the same as the person devaluing diversity.

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We now return you to our regulary scheduled political crap fight.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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We now return you to our regulary scheduled political crap fight.


Gould,
There is nothing political about this crap fight. : )

PS - I don't know if you wrote the piece on diversity or cut and pasted, but
either way it was an excellent post.


"John Smith" wrote in message
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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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We now return you to our regulary scheduled political crap fight.


Gould,
There is nothing political about this crap fight. : )

"Don" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote
"Don" wrote
Why is diversity a good thing?

1) Because it exposes you to different types of people.

shred
Well, duh.
But you still haven't explained WHY that is a good thing.

Au contraire. I have offered several reasons, although certainly not
all.

You explained why *being exposed to different types of people* is a good
thing?




Did you read ALL of reason #1, or stop after the first sentence?

"Don" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
Well, every human being migrated from somewhere, at some time.

Nope.
I was born in the US, I am native.

Earliest humanoid remains have been found in Africa, therefore,
you're
African.

Nope.
I have never been to Africa.
I was born in the US, I am a native.

Take us back to the first generation of your ancestors who touched this
soil. Where were THEIR grandparents from?

How is that relevent to, well, anything at all?
They are all dead.
I, however, was born here in the US and am a native.
Aren't you?

It's relevant to me, and nobody needs to know why. Relative to this
question, you are behaving like Dave Hall, refusing to answer a question
which may erode your stance in this discussion. That's a Very Bad Thing.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Don" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
"Don" wrote
"basskisser" wrote
Well, every human being migrated from somewhere, at some time.

Nope.
I was born in the US, I am native.

Earliest humanoid remains have been found in Africa, therefore,
you're
African.

Nope.
I have never been to Africa.
I was born in the US, I am a native.

Take us back to the first generation of your ancestors who touched
this
soil. Where were THEIR grandparents from?

How is that relevent to, well, anything at all?
They are all dead.
I, however, was born here in the US and am a native.
Aren't you?

It's relevant to me, and nobody needs to know why.

Lemme get this straight, you ask me a question, then I ask you for the
relevency and you tell me I don't need to know why?

Relative to this
question, you are behaving like Dave Hall, refusing to answer a question

Well, if refusing to answer a question makes one like Dave Hall, then you
might consider yourself like him as you haven't answered my question about
relevency.

which may erode your stance in this discussion. That's a Very Bad Thing.

sigh
Doug, my grandparents were born in the US, Pennsylvania.
So was my mom and dad and myself and brothers and sisters.
I do not know where any relatives before my grandparents were from, nor do I
really care.