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    Thread: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative action'
Post: RE: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative a...

(January 12, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Tiberius Wrote: In America I believe they use a Grade Point Average system. In the UK we use the grades from A Levels. Those systems seem to work pretty well for determi...
theyear12013 Politics 23 4574 January 12, 2014 at 2:55 pm
    Thread: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative action'
Post: RE: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative a...

(January 12, 2014 at 2:38 pm)Tiberius Wrote: IMO, elite colleges should select their entire student body based on academic merit. Heck, most colleges should do this. Yes but how do you get that meri...
theyear12013 Politics 23 4574 January 12, 2014 at 2:42 pm
    Thread: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative action'
Post: RE: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative a...

Affirmative Action doesn't work. Pure meritocracy is too easily rigged and isn't real. I agree with Unz: "But if our elite colleges were to select only a portion of their students based on purest ...
theyear12013 Politics 23 4574 January 12, 2014 at 2:35 pm
    Thread: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative action'
Post: RE: There is nothing Positive about 'affirmative a...

Ron Unz' masterful essay on this topic suggests Jewish humans are not under represented in elite US universities but probably Asian humans are purely based on test scores. And non-Jewish white humans...
theyear12013 Politics 23 4574 January 12, 2014 at 11:00 am
    Thread: Ariel Sharon Dies at 85
Post: RE: Ariel Sharon Dies at 85

Ariel Sharon was just a tinpot tyrant personality type that fit perfectly with his regional dictator rulers that he and every other Israeli government supports (with US backing of course). What I fin...
theyear12013 Politics 77 12487 January 12, 2014 at 10:22 am
    Thread: [split] The word 'Nigger' and other slurs
Post: RE: [split] The word 'Nigger' and other slurs

This word just has too much baggage, like the word 'Nazi' or the ethnic slurs used on Italians, Irish, and Jewish humans. Its highly distasteful to a loyal Yankee like myself. And its made worse ...
theyear12013 Politics 153 22051 January 11, 2014 at 9:06 am
    Thread: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million Ukrainians by Stalin
Post: RE: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 milli...

This is not an argumentative post since I don't know the historical truth of whether The British Empire facilitated or failed to step in on purpose since it was was a big thing with lots of priorities...
theyear12013 Politics 28 3728 January 10, 2014 at 4:29 am
    Thread: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million Ukrainians by Stalin
Post: RE: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 milli...

The total number of people killed in WWII 60 million people or 2.5% of world population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties I mean think about that number 60 million. Just wow. ...
theyear12013 Politics 28 3728 January 6, 2014 at 1:50 am
    Thread: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million Ukrainians by Stalin
Post: RE: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 milli...

I don't agree that it was not intentional. Certainly ethnic Ukrainians strongly disagree that it was not intentional. There are historians who debate the topic in a rational way however as evidenc...
theyear12013 Politics 28 3728 January 5, 2014 at 1:49 pm
    Thread: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million Ukrainians by Stalin
Post: RE: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 milli...

(January 5, 2014 at 1:13 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You are aware that this is a discussion site and not a mirror site for Wikipedia, yes? Edited per your request to include some discussion points a...
theyear12013 Politics 28 3728 January 5, 2014 at 1:18 am
    Thread: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million Ukrainians by Stalin
Post: The Holodomor: Starvation of more than 6 million U...

I think there is a great case to be made that the Holodomor was one of the worst genocides of the 20th century if not the worst. Let's not forget it. And I hope no one will deny it. http://en.wiki...
theyear12013 Politics 28 3728 January 5, 2014 at 1:04 am
    Thread: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do you think jesus christ existed
Post: RE: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do ...

(January 4, 2014 at 8:10 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I refuse to accept that such idiocy belongs in the politics and history sub-forum. Surely R'lyeh, or maybe even the pseudo-science/ conspiracy sec...
theyear12013 Politics 55 9772 January 5, 2014 at 12:27 am
    Thread: It's a CONSPIRACY!!
Post: RE: It's a CONSPIRACY!!

Did Modern Jews Originate in Italy? http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/...nate-italy "Modern Jews may traditionally trace their ancestry to the Holy Land, but a new genetic study finds otherwise...
theyear12013 Skepticism & Pseudoscience 47 16334 January 4, 2014 at 1:51 am
    Thread: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do you think jesus christ existed
Post: RE: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do ...

(January 4, 2014 at 1:25 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: (January 4, 2014 at 1:22 am)theyear12013 Wrote: Free speech is bullshit? :@:confused-fall::fsm-grin: Are you making legal threats against this for...
theyear12013 Politics 55 9772 January 4, 2014 at 1:40 am
    Thread: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do you think jesus christ existed
Post: RE: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do ...

(January 4, 2014 at 1:10 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: Regardless of your bullshit, this could very well turn into a legal issue, rather than a moral issue. I highly suggest the staff ban pooper in order to ...
theyear12013 Politics 55 9772 January 4, 2014 at 1:22 am
    Thread: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do you think jesus christ existed
Post: RE: Holocost denial for dummies. Was: [split] Do ...

(January 4, 2014 at 12:45 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: Considering the extremely distasteful nature of Shoah denial, & the fact that it is illegal in many nations, I think the staff ought to ban paintpo...
theyear12013 Politics 55 9772 January 4, 2014 at 1:03 am
    Thread: mormon ==> atheist
Post: RE: mormon ==> atheist

In the end though -- there is a much more epic story out there than the one you or any other religious person has been raised on ... its unfolded across the planet over 500,000 years of homo sapien ex...
theyear12013 Introductions 22 3810 January 3, 2014 at 2:23 am
    Thread: mormon ==> atheist
Post: RE: mormon ==> atheist

hey there buddy, its tough to stand up for the rights of all human beings in the face of all of many of our traditional upbringings. Kudos to you. This forum can get a little rowdy. When you a...
theyear12013 Introductions 22 3810 January 3, 2014 at 1:51 am
    Thread: Where is heaven?
Post: RE: Where is heaven?

(January 2, 2014 at 6:42 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It's on the theists imagination. Kind of like the enterprise is on the imagination of trekkies. Picard lives! When I die I will be transported to the sic...
theyear12013 Religion 42 9262 January 3, 2014 at 1:35 am
    Thread: Israel Never Did a Thing to the Arabs
Post: RE: Israel Never Did a Thing to the Arabs

In your bizarre fantasy world perhaps Zionism was always a peace loving hippy club rather than a militant ideology set on creating a nation state via military means. Well, let's move farther afield s...
theyear12013 Politics 164 26306 January 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm