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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination and AA and Racism
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 17:54:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 17:54:00 1985
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>/* ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) / 10:26 am  Jun 27, 1985 */

>    Yet by definition, being government sanctified, my forced contribution to
>    such an evil cause is not `immoral'.

If an individual or a group takes away your property without your permission,
I presume you consider that immoral.  Why then is it not immoral for the
government to do so?  On what moral basis can the government be said to have
such priveliges.

>    Any advocate of AA who believes that the program will cure existing
>    bigots of racism/sexism surely has rocks in their head.  And opponents
>    who claim this is the goal of AA are simply demolishing their own silly
>    argument.
>
>    The goal of AA is to compensate for the EFFECTS of racism/sexism.   

The goal of AA cannot be compensation, since it makes no effort to compensate
those individuals who experienced discrimination.

>-michael

						Mike Sykora