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#177 Nov 30 2011 at 4:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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When I feel the need to slap Ugly, instead of rating him down, I give Alma a rate-up.


Every time you give Alma a rate-up, an angel gets raped...
I'm ok with that.


...by gbaji.


I consulted with an internet lawyer and was informed that you apparently can't sue someone for claiming you raped an angel (something about unbelievable, reasonable people, and other stuff that I don't think applies to this forum, but whatever). So you get a pass on this one. Smiley: mad
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#178 Nov 30 2011 at 5:10 PM Rating: Good
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#179 Nov 30 2011 at 7:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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"(Bad) Touched by an Angel" is on, gotta go.
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#180 Nov 30 2011 at 7:30 PM Rating: Good
I always thought Gbaji was a sodomite.
#181 Nov 30 2011 at 7:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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Oh, nice. Smiley: laugh

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#182 Nov 30 2011 at 11:41 PM Rating: Good
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So you people think that descendants of African-American slaves would have been better off in Africa?
Smiley: lol ridiculous

I'd take MLKJr Blvd over any street in Liberia.

Edited, Dec 1st 2011 1:36am by Kelvyquayo
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#183 Dec 01 2011 at 12:41 AM Rating: Good
Educating black people so they can get a good job & be self sufficient is a good thing. However, it fails to address the fact that for no other reason than the fact that one was born the descendant of a slave, they & their ancestors have been at a disadvantage. This disadvantage has lead to a huge income gap that's only been compounded over the years.

"Education" doesn't solve that issue, Alma. It could help the educated & their offspring have a better chance at "moving up", but it doesn't change the fact that they were at a disadvantage to begin with.

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#184 Dec 01 2011 at 12:57 AM Rating: Decent
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By being self sufficient in life and independent from other races.


So segregating by race as long as one is self sufficient is a-ok. Damn we should go back to the 50's when good upstanding white business owners didn't allow non-whites to shop in their businesses, it would solve everything.

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#185 Dec 01 2011 at 6:25 AM Rating: Decent
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Kelvyquayo wrote:
So you people think that descendants of African-American slaves would have been better off in Africa?
Smiley: lol ridiculous

I'd take MLKJr Blvd over any street in Liberia.

Edited, Dec 1st 2011 1:36am by Kelvyquayo


Is that before or after Europe raped Africa?

In any case, I would rather be "poor" in Africa over being your slave any day of the week. Being "poor" is a part of life for most, being physically abused and dehumanized isn't. Jus' sayin'.

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Educating black people so they can get a good job & be self sufficient is a good thing. However, it fails to address the fact that for no other reason than the fact that one was born the descendant of a slave, they & their ancestors have been at a disadvantage. This disadvantage has lead to a huge income gap that's only been compounded over the years.

"Education" doesn't solve that issue, Alma. It could help the educated & their offspring have a better chance at "moving up", but it doesn't change the fact that they were at a disadvantage to begin with.


NOTHING can change the past. You have to accept it and MOVE ON! Your question asked what's the best way to address the disadvantage, I answered by being independent. There is absolutely nothing anyone can do to remove slavery. The only thing left is to become self-sufficient and receiving handouts does not support that. Education on how to be self-sufficient is the only way to address the disadvantages.
#186 Dec 01 2011 at 6:48 AM Rating: Excellent
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"(Bad) Touched by an Angel" is on, gotta go.
Lemme know when they do a crossover "Breaking Bad Touched by an Angel" where Gabriel starts selling meth to fund his goal to rape a thousand people before he dies of halo cancer.
#187 Dec 01 2011 at 6:50 AM Rating: Excellent
Where the hell does the doctor have to stick his finger to check for halo cancer?
#188 Dec 01 2011 at 6:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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Where the hell does the doctor have to stick his finger to check for halo cancer?
When he tells the angel to turn its head and cough, he didn't mean horizontally.
#189 Dec 01 2011 at 7:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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I suppose it'd take a cowlonscopy.

In other news, it has to be said: I'm agreeing with Alma on this argument, if anyone is keeping score.

To clarify: about education and letting go of the past, not about isolating races from each other. I don't think that's possible at this point even if it were desirable.



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#190 Dec 01 2011 at 7:19 AM Rating: Excellent
I still say we should just clean up the inner cities and give everyone one an equal shot right from the beginning. If nothing else, at least we won't have to watch that movie that gets remade every 5 years or so where the white woman who is just starting out in teaching goes to an urban school and wants to make difference.
#191 Dec 01 2011 at 7:24 AM Rating: Excellent
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It'd be fun to see that movie, except the idealistic young white teacher walks into a clean, orderly classroom full of bright, eager faces and says, "Well.... Shit."

And walks out dejectedly, to swelling music.
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#192 Dec 01 2011 at 7:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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Samira wrote:
It'd be fun to see that movie, except the idealistic young white teacher walks into a clean, orderly classroom full of bright, eager faces and says, "Well.... Shit."

And walks out dejectedly, to swelling music.

You're in California, aren't all of you actors and producers? Get on that idea, chop-chop.
#193 Dec 01 2011 at 7:32 AM Rating: Excellent
I can also do without the 'black [white people sport] player/team who overcomes all odds and wins some championship' movie.
#194 Dec 01 2011 at 7:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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I can also do without the 'black [white people sport] player/team who overcomes all odds and wins some championship' movie.
Cool Runnings is still alright though, right?
#195 Dec 01 2011 at 7:42 AM Rating: Decent
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Samira wrote:
I suppose it'd take a cowlonscopy.

In other news, it has to be said: I'm agreeing with Alma on this argument, if anyone is keeping score.

To clarify: about education and letting go of the past, not about isolating races from each other. I don't think that's possible at this point even if it were desirable.



Edited, Dec 1st 2011 5:21am by Samira


I'm not suggesting racial isolation, but the removal of the necessity of another race to succeed. That's the point of being "self sufficient". That's not "don't buy or shop from race x" but "if race x does not give me a hand out, I can still be successful."

People are people first and the reality is, the majority of the population is white. So, you will have limitations trying to exclude the white race and if you're trying to earn money, it doesn't make sense to have that desire.
#196 Dec 01 2011 at 7:54 AM Rating: Good
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I can also do without the 'black [white people sport] player/team who overcomes all odds and wins some championship' movie.
Cool Runnings is still alright though, right?
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#197 Dec 01 2011 at 8:06 AM Rating: Excellent
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I can also do without the 'black [white people sport] player/team who overcomes all odds and wins some championship' movie.
Cool Runnings is still alright though, right?
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#198 Dec 01 2011 at 4:22 PM Rating: Good
Samira wrote:
I suppose it'd take a cowlonscopy.

In other news, it has to be said: I'm agreeing with Alma on this argument, if anyone is keeping score.


Only him, I think, though he's doing it obsessively enough for all of us.
#199 Dec 01 2011 at 5:54 PM Rating: Decent
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Educating black people so they can get a good job & be self sufficient is a good thing. However, it fails to address the fact that for no other reason than the fact that one was born the descendant of a slave, they & their ancestors have been at a disadvantage. This disadvantage has lead to a huge income gap that's only been compounded over the years.


Except that's not true. And until we as a society stop focusing on that false assumption, we can't possibly hope to solve the problem.


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"Education" doesn't solve that issue, Alma. It could help the educated & their offspring have a better chance at "moving up", but it doesn't change the fact that they were at a disadvantage to begin with.


Moving up is how you ensure that the disadvantage disappears over time. How else do you propose to accomplish this?
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#200 Dec 01 2011 at 6:07 PM Rating: Good
Death panels... death camps...

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#201 Dec 02 2011 at 12:41 AM Rating: Good
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Kelvyquayo wrote:
So you people think that descendants of African-American slaves would have been better off in Africa?
Smiley: lol ridiculous

I'd take MLKJr Blvd over any street in Liberia.

Edited, Dec 1st 2011 1:36am by Kelvyquayo


Is that before or after Europe raped Africa?

In any case, I would rather be "poor" in Africa over being your slave any day of the week. Being "poor" is a part of life for most, being physically abused and dehumanized isn't. Jus' sayin'.



You do know that all races have been enslaving all other races since the dawn of time, right?

You know what happened when freed slaves were allowed to go back to Africa? They ENSLAVED the natives. Not to mention that African warlords had a huge part in the "Triangle" of slave trade as well.
And don't start about "they learned it from Europeans". A race of people doesn't need another race to teach them how to rape themselves.

And I am in NO way saying that to be a slave is somehow preferable to being poor. Wealth in a society doesn't necessarily equate to happiness in a society anyway. It's pretty relative. I'm saying that reparations are nonsensical for a great number of reasons.
To single out American descendants of slaves (not that that is even possible anyway) for compensation ignores all of the other races and cultures that have been ****** over since the dawn of time.
It's time to start looking ahead for solutions instead if digging up skeletons and expecting it to accomplish something.

Not that this debate isn't a total farce anyway as we all know it's never ever going to happen.

As far as affirmative action; that's a lot more than just blacks obviously; to couple it with an argument about reparations is being totally disingenuous to the real issue of prejudice.


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