[513] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Racism and what-not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Presley H Cannady)
Thu May 3 17:28:35 2001
Message-Id: <200105032127.RAA14809@w20-575-101.mit.edu>
To: Michael E Rolish <merolish@MIT.EDU>
cc: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU, revprez@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 May 2001 16:37:08 EDT."
<200105032037.QAA169462@m4-035-8.mit.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:27:41 -0400
From: Presley H Cannady <revprez@MIT.EDU>
>
> None of us had any choice in being born a male/female or a given race;
> these are superficial characteristics. "How the world treated [you]"
> and how you were raised are not essentials - your own thoughts and
> choices are. What if I said, "I'm proud to be Brown-Eyed," "I identify
> myself as Right-Handed," or "my parents raised me to be Catholic"?
> Statements such as these are insults to one's intelligence and free
> will.
Yawn, yeah yeah yeah. We can go round and round with this and
the next thing you know...nothing. Nobody cares if you're
Brown-eyed or right-handed. Nobody significant, that is. Those
that do can kiss my ass and that of the 95% of the world that
shares my opinions.
Artificial mental exercises that have no other intent except
to cast doubt on how many people reliably classify themselves
is not only an insult to one's intelligence, it's a waste of
one's time.
> -Mike Rolish
> 1) Objectivist
> 2) Student
> 3) Aspiring scientist
Rev Prez
1) The most God-fearin mu'fuca in the Northeast
2) Black man
3) Hungry
