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OT: Human Rights Framework 3-May-2010 At 5:01:07 PM Hendo

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On 3/05/2010 Dave132 wrote:
>This forum thing doesn't work well for reasoned argument. Please would
>some of you read my last post and try and understand the difference between
>moral equality and factual equality.

I’m not sure I’ve got it right. Is the difference that your moral code applies to everyone but not everyone abides by it?

>Discrimination based on race is racism!
>You can't talk yourself out of that. You might want to say that racism
>isn't wrong but please admit that you are being racist and then we can
>move on and see how you try to justify your racist position. You will fail
>but it will be nice to see you try.

I think everyone has racist views to some degree, myself included. Care to comment on this: my post:

On 3/05/2010 Hendo wrote:
>Ok I am interested to ask people who see all racism as bad (black and white
>no inbetween) a question. No one seems to made clear statement on my other
>examples so I’ll try another. I don’t really want to focus on particular
>groups but it helps to investigate a point so here goes.
>
>The government has all sorts of policies specifically aimed at aboriginal
>people doing all sorts of things giving them extra funding, trying to give
>them extra access to education. There are education scholarships for aboriginal
>people only, aboriginal people are allowed to hunt various animals other
>cannot, go to restricted places others cannot. The list goes on. To me
>this clearly involves racism but I don’t necessarily see it is bad. Do
>you see this as racism? Do you see it as bad and should it be stopped?
>Can you recognise that it is plausible to view this as racism and plausible
>to not see it as bad?
>
>I would be interested for people to specifically address the above questions.