For the record, that article was not written by me.
But you agree with the sentiments, or else you wouldn't have posted it.
I agree in that the attempted political correctness of the company's action was negated by the ignorance towards the concepts it tried to cover, with the end result of coming across distinctly discriminative towards a certain group.
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It seems there is no thread that can hide from off-topicness and derailment!
(Yes, those are real words! Honest!)
Oh also, Merry Christmas/Arbitrary Celebrations!
<adelikat> I am annoyed at my irc statements ending up in forums & sigs
What are everyones' Christmas/holiday plans this year?
Christmas Eve, I'll be seeing my uncle, my brother and his girlfriend, and their son.
Christmas Day, I'll be seeing my grandparents and some other family members who are also likely to show up at my grandparents; don't know who all will be there.
Merry Christmas people! I wish everyone a successful tasing year.
I already pestered everyone in the channel about it already, but anyway here is this year's gingerbread project:
http://img192.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=cad.png
Suggestions for next year are welcome. :)
1,054 anti-white victims, 75.05% of the population.
3,966 all other victims of racial violence, 24.95% of the population.
As a non-white you're about 16 times more likely to experience racial violence directed against you.
I'm not saying that it doesn't happen. I'm saying that it has no appreciable effect on the lives of most white people. Whereas racial violence and other forms of racism have a profound effect upon non-whites.
I'm not denying any of that. What I'm saying is that white people who are victims of racism are a discriminated minority who everybody ignores or outright ridicules, and receive little to no attention from authorities (at least of the same magnitude as other victim ethnicities get).
It's a bit like men who are raped by women: They are a very small minority, but they get mostly ridicule and mockery rather than the same kind of help as raped women get. They are an "acceptable target".
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Solon wrote:
What are everyones' Christmas/holiday plans this year?
I'll wake up, do a lot of random stuff then I'll sleep again.
That's my default alogorithm actually.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself.
It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the
kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional
functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success."
- Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that stuff.
Later today I might give away some christmas presents in the NES forum, which I've saved for some time
So does anyone have any special TASes being saved up for Christmas? =D I want to see something cool.
Aglar wrote:
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that stuff.
Later today I might give away some christmas presents in the NES forum, which I've saved for some time
Joined: 11/9/2007
Posts: 375
Location: Varberg, Sweden
Aglar wrote:
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that stuff.
Later today I might give away some christmas presents in the NES forum, which I've saved for some time
If anyone had trouble finding them, they're here and here.
Let's attach a Santa Hat to your avatar now! :)
