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2005-11-07 Southeast Asia

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Posted by tipper 2005-11-07 09:06|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ah, just get the University of Michigan Law School to write up something fancy that says its a quota while not being a quota but constitutional.

Posted by Whash Unick6318 2005-11-07 10:20|| 2005-11-07 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Saw the headline, thought it was State Department...

Posted by Grunter 2005-11-07 10:21|| 2005-11-07 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 He said not all Muslims were offered the benefit but only those who were deemed disadvantaged.

To the Muslims I'm sure that means, like,...all of them?

Posted by tu3031 2005-11-07 10:28|| 2005-11-07 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 50% limit set by the Supreme Court

And where did the judges get that magical figure from?

Reservation or affirmative action was supposed to be a temporary measure to lift the status of "untouchables". The author of the Indian constitution, himself an "untouchable" agonized about the merits of affirmative action. He was not convinced it was the right method of handling past discrimination.

The French have a saying.. there is nothing so permananent as a temporary measure.. and it seems to be true.

Affirmative action has become a monster in India.

Posted by john 2005-11-07 21:23|| 2005-11-07 21:23|| Front Page Top

#5 it's hell on the IRS helpline call center!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-07 22:00|| 2005-11-07 22:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Affirmative action is just another communist method of taking from one and giving to another. I've watched it for many years and it is a cancer.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-07 22:15|| 2005-11-07 22:15|| Front Page Top

#7 "questioned the labelling of Muslims as socially backward"

Uh, they might want to think about that.

That pretty much describes most of the Middle East - and Phrance.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-07 23:31|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-11-07 23:31|| Front Page Top

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