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Originally Posted by RANDY P
It is what it is. You play the hand you are dealt, thats all you can ask for out of life. ..........
At least I know I'm doing it on my own, without any handouts.
rjp
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Thank God. Someone with some common sense. I have no idea if you're white, black, Mexican, or other, but I like what you have to say.
Dar - As far as Todd's statement, it's opinion. The fact is that whites have statistically been on top in the US and Europe in recent history. How they got there is a matter of opinion. There are many factors - too many for discussion here. To suggest that it's only because of wrong doing is pathetic and spurious. Whites haven't always been on top. The Chinese have dominated. Egypt dominated. Spain dominated. We happen to be doing well now.
As far as taking it personal - yes I do. Suggest to a black man that blacks ("in general - not talking about you") are lazy. He might take that just as personally.
I have black friends who have done very well for themselves - better than me. One of my closer black friends once told me that he took advantage of whatever benefits (offered because he was a "minority") he could get his hands on, not because he felt he needed it to keep up, or because it was owed him, but because, in his words - "I would have to be an idiot to say no to that!". We laughed about that for a long time. The reason it didn't bother me was because he was working a system that people like you put in place. Good for him. He's my equal (hell - he could buy and sell me!) because he will accept nothing less.