The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. -- Ayn Rand
Ok. Let's hear from you AA activists NOW!
Hell yes!
no one is discriminating against the individual.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
he's free to live off on an island somewhere where no one has no juristiction over him. it's his refusal to leave that keeps him here. he's already spoiled to the way of life he's developed for himself.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
your right, i'd fight it but the "individual" in question doesn't apply to Affirmative action. "individual" is not a recognised minority. it's something you read from some book by some author that should have been censored like the music industry is.
of course this is comming from a guy that hates books, authors, and the hipocricy of censorship.
of course this is comming from a guy that hates books, authors, and the hipocricy of censorship.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
There are no laws made against the individual. Not a single one. I defy you to list one.
"If your name is Bob Smith and are 23 years old and live in Miami (that's right Bob, I'm talking about you, not some other Bob Smith, you and you only ) then you may not drink Lemonade."
Laws are made against a collective, not an individual.
Nice try, though.
"If your name is Bob Smith and are 23 years old and live in Miami (that's right Bob, I'm talking about you, not some other Bob Smith, you and you only ) then you may not drink Lemonade."
Laws are made against a collective, not an individual.
Nice try, though.
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No, actually he's right on target.
Laws may apply to everyone, but they only affect those people who break them. The individual.
If you want to support a minority, well the smallest minority is of one. I am the only person who is me. If you want to support minorities, and diversity, well support the diversity found between every individual. It's the greatest source of diversity on the planet, since everyone is different.
Laws may apply to everyone, but they only affect those people who break them. The individual.
If you want to support a minority, well the smallest minority is of one. I am the only person who is me. If you want to support minorities, and diversity, well support the diversity found between every individual. It's the greatest source of diversity on the planet, since everyone is different.
You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.
--Terry Pratchett
When it's cold I'd like to die
--Terry Pratchett
When it's cold I'd like to die
Laws don't only affect those people who break them, though. They affect everyone who lives under them.
Say I want to become a crackwhore. If I choose to smoke crack and start prostituting, the law affects me by punishing me. But if I don't want to go to jail, and thus decide to become a lawyer instead, the law has still affected me. And even if I don't want to become a crackwhore, the fact that the law keeps crackwhores from working out on my streetcorner <i>also</i> affects my life. Laws affect everyone. Therefore they aren't discriminatory against the individual.
As Corey said, the only law that could be made to discriminate against the individual would be one that said something like "Aerin P. cannot be a crackwhore." That would affect me and only me. That would be discriminatory against the smallest minority. Since there aren't laws like that, though, Doug's argument holds no water.
Say I want to become a crackwhore. If I choose to smoke crack and start prostituting, the law affects me by punishing me. But if I don't want to go to jail, and thus decide to become a lawyer instead, the law has still affected me. And even if I don't want to become a crackwhore, the fact that the law keeps crackwhores from working out on my streetcorner <i>also</i> affects my life. Laws affect everyone. Therefore they aren't discriminatory against the individual.
As Corey said, the only law that could be made to discriminate against the individual would be one that said something like "Aerin P. cannot be a crackwhore." That would affect me and only me. That would be discriminatory against the smallest minority. Since there aren't laws like that, though, Doug's argument holds no water.
