eyeball Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 I wouldn't think that deciding who to spend ones' life with is the venue by which most people would "make a difference". -k I didn't think the choice was about who you to spent your life with but about why you might choose to live a certain way in the first place. It would be reasonable to expect people of like minds might choose to live or associate with one another in the hopes their greater number would make a difference but again this would be after making their own personal choice as individuals. Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
eyeball Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Personally I'd find other ways of doing that. To each their own. Like me on a boat instead of a slab of laminated wood. Edited March 7, 2015 by eyeball Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
LemonPureLeaf Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 I'm non-white, straight and male. I do just fine and don't have any problems with the police with profiling or anything like that. It's all about how one carries themselves in our society. If you walk around sagging one's jeans and look like a gang banger then of course one's going to attract police attention late at night or in high crime areas. If however one is non white but carries themselves as a professional or at least as a respectable member of society then no problems can be had. People are treated the way they look. Right or wrong, that's just how it is. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 I'm non-white, straight and male. I do just fine and don't have any problems with the police with profiling or anything like that. It's all about how one carries themselves in our society. If you walk around sagging one's jeans and look like a gang banger then of course one's going to attract police attention late at night or in high crime areas. If however one is non white but carries themselves as a professional or at least as a respectable member of society then no problems can be had. People are treated the way they look. Right or wrong, that's just how it is. And all that has what to do with sexual preference... Quote
Mighty AC Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Shady's statement made sense to me. If sexual preference was something that was consciously decided, I don't think many would choose the prejudice and strife and heartache that comes with being gay. Especially in other parts of the world, where people who are gay are arrested or killed or beaten to death by mobs. If it was a matter of conscious choice, why would anybody choose that? Makes sense logically, the only problem was with attaching Shady to such reasoning. He has a history of making anti-gay statements. For example he has claimed pedophilia is a homosexual problem. Quote "Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
Mighty AC Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) I'm an upper middle class, straight, white male living in Canada. At this point the playing field is heavily slanted in my favour so I would order the same again.Louis CK on being white: (video contains some foul language) Edited March 7, 2015 by Mighty AC Quote "Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
WWWTT Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Race ? Sexual preference ? Gender ? What would you choose ? Nice trick thread to get people on this site to profile themselves. Anyways. Shady at other times has called Obama the first affirmative action president of the US. But as far as I'm concerned, stop wishing your life away and do something with it! Think your privileged because your a white male? Then you probably won't get off your ass to accomplish much more with your life beyond being only a white male with a few extra self entitlement bonuses. WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
eyeball Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 If I could it all over again I'd rather have been an Earthling. Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.
TimG Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) I'm an upper middle class, straight, white male living in Canada. At this point the playing field is heavily slanted in my favour so I would order the same again.The only thing that gives you any advantage is your family wealth. Gender/race is a non-issue once you control for family wealth. Edited March 7, 2015 by TimG Quote
Mighty AC Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 The only thing that gives you any advantage is your family wealth. Gender/race is a non-issue once you control for family wealth. Wealth is my greatest advantage, but my skin colour and gender help as well. Quote "Our lives begin to end the day we stay silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire
TimG Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Wealth is my greatest advantage, but my skin colour and gender help as well.Not really. Every advantage you think you have can be attributed to wealth. If you were female or non-white you would have had the exact same opportunities if you had access to the same money. Quote
Smallc Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Not really. Every advantage you think you have can be attributed to wealth. If you were female or non-white you would have had the exact same opportunities if you had access to the same money. That's always been my belief too. Skin colour or gender are basically non factors with almost every person I know when it comes to hiring decisions (except on reserve of course). And I live in what many would term a redneck area. Quote
Shady Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 Makes sense logically, the only problem was with attaching Shady to such reasoning. He has a history of making anti-gay statements. For example he has claimed pedophilia is a homosexual problem. You're being completely dishonest. I guess I'm not surprised. I said that pediphillis in the Catholic Church is a homosexual problem. I didn't say it was a homosexual problem in larger society. Keep lying. Quote
Big Guy Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 To Shady - Pedophilia and homosexuality are two very different conditions. I suggest that you research the two and you will be informed of the difference. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
On Guard for Thee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 You're being completely dishonest. I guess I'm not surprised. I said that pediphillis in the Catholic Church is a homosexual problem. I didn't say it was a homosexual problem in larger society. Keep lying. Just as dumb a statement. Quote
WestCoastRunner Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 If the reasoning behind 'not in their right mind to choose to be gay' is because life would be difficult, then we should also say that 'No one in their right mind would choose to black' or 'no one in their right mind would choose to be woman'. Being gay in a liberal minded city is not like it was many years ago. Sure gays have struggles, but so do women and other minorities who constantly are fighting to improve pay inequalities, promotions that get overlooked for women, etc. Why is there even a question of 'why someone would choose to be gay'. Does it really matter? Aren't we past that point with the gay community. Quote I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. - Maya Angelou
jacee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 I thought my statement was pretty logical. Nobody would choose to be gay because there's no legitimate reasons to. If people get offended by logic and reason, that's their problem. Um ... well ... some say there are benefits ... but ... I won't elaborate. . Quote Rapists, pedophiles, and nazis post online too.
jacee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 You're being completely dishonest. I guess I'm not surprised. I said that pediphillis in the Catholic Church is a homosexual problem. No it isn't. It's a pedophilia problem. The pope corrected himself on that. Didn't you get the memo? Don't you think for yourself? . Quote Rapists, pedophiles, and nazis post online too.
WestCoastRunner Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 I thought my statement was pretty logical. Nobody would choose to be gay because there's no legitimate reasons to. If people get offended by logic and reason, that's their problem. There is no legitimate reason to? What on earth does that mean? The more that people expect gays to have a hard life, the more that discrimination against gays is harder to fade away. Many gays are happily married, are raising a family and are not suffering any hardships except for those who continue to assume they are leading very difficult lives, because 'no one in their right mind would choose to be gay'. Quote I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. - Maya Angelou
jacee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 If I could it all over again I'd rather have been an Earthling. KaCHING! ! You got your wish! . Quote Rapists, pedophiles, and nazis post online too.
cybercoma Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 This is constructive. Quote "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." --Thomas Jefferson
Smallc Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 There is no legitimate reason to? Why would people be gay of free choice? Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 Why would people be gay of free choice? Do you think they are forced into it... Quote
Smallc Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Do you think they are forced into it... I think that most of them don't have a choice, or for many it's a very difficult choice. I don't think it's because they want it. I don't consider them mentally ill, but I don't think they're acting of their own free will either. Edited March 8, 2015 by Smallc Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted March 8, 2015 Report Posted March 8, 2015 I think that most of them don't have a choice, or for many it's a very difficult choice. I don't think it's because they want it. I don't consider them mentally ill, but I don't think they're acting of their own free will either. Apparently you havent made a choice as to whether you think they have made a choice or not. But how decent of you to conclude they are not mentally ill. I think arrogance of that sort may point to some sort of mental illness. Quote
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