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Here are two interesting articles. http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/mcwhorter/mcwhorter_p2.html ...
avanthall
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Jan 4, 2003
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1397
Interesting indeed. Though the second article wasn't to surprising. I never believed there was any reason to believe that racism was nothing more then a...
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Jan 5, 2003
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There were 4 fatal shootings by NYPD officers within 48 hours of the beginning of the year. All the "victims" were black. However, all the shootings appear...
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Jan 5, 2003
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... 3 of the 4 were definitely justifiable. these dudes who were killed were dangerous criminals. it's time that black people stop taking an anti-cop stance...
melkor02
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Personally I believe the fourth one was justifiable, even though it was believed to be accidental. Considering how many people are killed and injured by...
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Jan 6, 2003
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These activist garner more attention than deserved and cast a bad light on the majority of black people. Their whole livelihood is exploiting the victimization...
melkor02
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Jan 6, 2003
5:11 pm
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And end up trivializing police misconduct. Avant...
avanthall
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Jan 6, 2003
11:31 pm
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Here's an intertesting article. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002A353-C027-1E1C-8B3B809EC588EEDF&catID=2 Avant...
avanthall
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Feb 5, 2003
10:32 pm
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It seems like he is still making the argument that race is a social construct, although he says you cannot disprove race at the genetic level. ... ...
melkor02
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Feb 7, 2003
10:33 pm
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I was suprised to find out that forensic scientists could distinguish race at the genetic level, although that naturally makes sense when you think about it. I...
avanthall
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Feb 8, 2003
4:19 pm
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Remember the OJ Simpson case. The DNA they found at the scene was linked to OJ. Regardless the outcome of the case, the new the DNA belonged to a black man,...
melkor02
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Feb 8, 2003
9:08 pm
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I found it interesting that anyone would say that race only exist on the social level and not on the genetic level. Especially since ones racial attributes...
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Feb 9, 2003
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00079AC8-53A5-1E40-89E0809EC588EEDF&catID=2 Avant...
avanthall
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Feb 12, 2003
5:56 pm
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So did I. The problem is getting it accross to those who still insist that the paranormal is real. ... 89E0809EC588EEDF&catID=2...
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Feb 15, 2003
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The argument of those who believe in the paranormal with respect to external stimulation of the brain is: does masterbation amount to sex? Is an artificial...
allen masomere
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Feb 15, 2003
8:13 pm
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http://www.gerrymott.co.uk/jokes/religion.htm...
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Feb 18, 2003
4:20 pm
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... social ... genetic ... My view on the subject is thus : Race is a mixture of social construction and natural fact. For example, the "african-american" race...
sulfugor.rm
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Mar 3, 2003
7:20 am
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from the article: "Those techniques have revealed that race is minor at the DNA level. The genetic differences between any two randomly selected individuals in...
sulfugor.rm
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Mar 3, 2003
7:38 am
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Your statement about blacks (or west African descendants??) is true. In Cuba blacks also suffer from hypertension.....There is a black female doctor there who...
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Mar 4, 2003
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This report is pretty sad. West-africans (and the rest of the black world) are by *far* the most religious people on earth. They're by afr the most likely to...
sulfugor.rm
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Mar 23, 2003
10:45 am
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I'm impressed with South East Asia. I think West Africa is bogged down by abject poverty and hopelessness hence finding succor in some god that would solve all...
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Mar 23, 2003
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And that's why they're the most backwards....
gcgipson
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Mar 23, 2003
11:56 pm
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I browsed through this....I'm curious, could the lack of religiousity of Southeast Asians relative to West Africans be due to the influence of Budhism? Also...
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Mar 24, 2003
9:07 pm
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In my opinion and from my experience, their all about the same. It depends on how fanatical their followers are. Binny. ... religiousity ... influence...
binny722002
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Mar 26, 2003
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I agree. I guess I percieve a religion as better or worse depending on the willingness of its adherents to use violence to address percieved slights to the...
avanthall
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... religiousity ... influence ... Those religions are so varied that it's hard to pass a blanket judgement on them all. To tell you the truth, i barely know...
sulfugor.rm
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You are right, its hard to pass a blanket normative judgement about religions be they traditional african or christian unless you are of the view that they are...
Iroko *
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Apr 12, 2003
5:24 pm
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A society in which all forms of religious belief are tolerated is likely to tolerate atheism too, which is deeply ironical. Sometimes the choices are not...
allen masomere
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Apr 13, 2003
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I can't think of a reason why you can't. After all, an organization that recieves government aid can't discriminate (atleast aren't supposed to). Binny. ... ...
binny722002
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Apr 15, 2003
4:53 pm
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I don't know of any private atheist welfare non-profit organizations. The best I would say is the government itself, which is not atheistic, but non-religious....
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