01-23-2004, 06:34 AM
Pete,Jan 23 2004, 05:29 AM Wrote:Does "Society {have} an obligation to ensure that {it} does not continue indefinitely."? Yes, definitely.You are taking a static view of discrimination, I am taking a dynamic view. If the tables are tilted one way for a long time, and then centered(equality) then the ball is still going to be on the (white) side, from now to eternity. If you tip it back the other way *for a short time* then at least it can come back closer to the center when it is time to 'centre the table'.
Is the solution to reverse which group has the unfair advantage? Does such a policy lead to equality? I don't think so.
If the field is tilted one way, tilting it the other just replaces one injustice with its opposite.
Yes, I am arguing that 'two wrongs make a right', or more accurately 'two temporary wrongs in opposite directions make things less wrong' :P