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For the record, Malcolm Gladwell has hair that awesome because his books are so badass he can do whatever he wants.

>> ^dag:
Fascinating. books. I wish I could stop seeing him as CarrotTop.


I was thinking Sideshow Bob..

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It's easy to criticize, it's much hard to shut up.

>> ^djhenyo:
I told you to change the title. No upvote until it is so. Also just have to add that I hate the way this guest looks. Can't tell if he is white or black or indian or anything. Way to have an identity ya gay bitch.

>> ^djhenyo:
I told you to change the title. No upvote until it is so. Also just have to add that I hate the way this guest looks. Can't tell if he is white or black or indian or anything. Way to have an identity ya gay bitch.


Ouch, mr troll-face.

>> ^jerryku:
Interesting stuff but I gotta wonder what this guy really thinks about black and Latino crime in the States, and if he's holding back on the topic for fear of having his career destroyed.


You bet.

Racial, ethnic and cultural differences are the ultimate black sheep for social scientists and genetic researchers.

They have a lingering paranoia that it's unethical to even consider differences and instead tippy toe around any findings they produce. I think it was Gladwell or perhaps another popular statistician that stumbled upon data so shocking concerning races in America that he intentionally refused to publish the results or even discuss them on camera.

I disagree with Gladwell in that cultures are malleable. Cultures can transform themselves, but to expect a culture to change is ridiculous.

Will a jetliner pilot learn to speak English if he wants to keep his job? Of course.

Is it ethical or even worth consideration to "improve" a culture through injection of xenoethnic aptitudes? Absolutely not.

Cultures will evolve as they see fit. Social engineering is no-one's business, which is why multiculturalism is a failed policy.

Christopher Langan is a very interesting person. He features prominently in Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers," which is a fascinating read in general. I'm interested in what he would have ended up as if he had had greater opportunities and circumstances.

C'mon, baby.

If you want to fly you've got to fly right.

It's just not a sundae without the cherry on top.

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
wait wait... are you saying well have to get him liquored up and stoned and fat before hell make out with me? either im insulted, or you have the same relationship philosophy as my exhusband. wait, maybe both.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
Hey, I'm game.

If your cerebral cortex brings the hooch, my limbic system will bring the munchies and the weed.



In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i loooooove him. our brains should make out.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
Gladwll is an excellent writer.

I highly recommend anything of his, especially his New Yorker articles.

Hey, I'm game.

If your cerebral cortex brings the hooch, my limbic system will bring the munchies and the weed.



In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i loooooove him. our brains should make out.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
Gladwll is an excellent writer.

I highly recommend anything of his, especially his New Yorker articles.

>> ^Kymbos:
I've just discovered this guy. He seems brilliant!


He IS brilliant. I'm just a bit sad that he's trimmed his fro.

>> ^rougy:
Well, the hell with you, then.
I can criticize China's treatment of Tibet and nobody says I hate Chinese.
I could criticize South Africa's apartheid and nobody says I hate South Africans.
I criticize Israel for being a major reason why the Palestinians behave like they do, and now I'm a racist.
Fuck you.


Slow down there with your outrage.

When your first post stated:

I hate to say it, but there is no way in hell to discusss Palestinian terrorism without addressing the odious conditions that they are forced to live in by Israel.

You can't treat people like animals for three or four generations and expect them to behave in any other manner.


I AGREED with you stating:

Agreed, but you need to go one step further. There is no way in hell to discuss the plight of the Palestinian people without addressing the policies of the surrounding Arab nations for the last 4 generations as well.


I never denied that Israeli policy is a major reason Palestinians behave like they do, I agreed that was right. I just went on to say there was even more to it than just Israel's policies, to which you replied:

Yeah, they stole that land fair and square, right?


I called that remark EITHER ignorant or racist, not both. To simply accuse Israel of stealing land from the Palestinians requires ignorance of the regions history OR a willingness to ignore the details of history and flatly accuse Israel anyways which I consider to be racist.

Your main point on Israel policy at best antagonizing the situation is right and I agree on it, I just went a step further in pointing out there is much more blame to go around as well.

>> ^rougy:
>> ^bcglorf:
That's either the most ignorant or racist remark that seems to be made by people about the issue.

I'm not surprised you said that.
I'm actually pro-Israel.
For some reason, some people equate any criticism with Israel, its actions or origins, with a certain form of racism.
You can't sugar coat it: millions of Palestinians who used to own land and live in that region no longer own the land and are living as expatriates or refugees.
They received zero recompense for their loss.
That is not a racist statement; it is a painful and obvious reality.


And before you said:
Yeah, they stole that land fair and square, right?

Sounds really pro-Israel there now doesn't it? Did you even read my post? All the 'occupied' territories where originally 'stolen' by Arab countries in 1948 through an effort to destroy Israel. They never gave the land back to the Palestinian people, they instead used it to launch attacks on Israel in new attempts to eliminate it. As a result of Israel winning many of those wars they took control of much of that land themselves. Solely laying the blame for the Palestinian plight on Israel is ignorant or racist and I stand by that.

As for Israel keeping Palestinian land, Israel has removed all it's forces from Gaza(unilaterally). Just this week Israeli soldiers forcefully removed jewish settlers from the West Bank. Unless the land you refer to is within Israel's own borders, Israel has made many efforts to return the occupied lands to the control of the Palestinian people. They could do more, but groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and surrounding countries like Syria and Lebanon could all be doing a lot more as well. Solely blaming Israel is ignoring all the other problems of a very complicated situation.

Many are also keen to point out how cruel it is for Israel to close it's borders with regions like Gaza because the people require aid that comes through them to survive. They are so busy blaming Israel for that, they forgot that some credit should be given to Israel when the borders are open since the largest single source for that aid is Israel itself.

>> ^bcglorf:

That's either the most ignorant or racist remark that seems to be made by people about the issue.


I'm not surprised you said that.

I'm actually pro-Israel.

For some reason, some people equate any criticism with Israel, its actions or origins, with a certain form of racism.

You can't sugar coat it: millions of Palestinians who used to own land and live in that region no longer own the land and are living as expatriates or refugees.

They received zero recompense for their loss.

That is not a racist statement; it is a painful and obvious reality.

>> ^bcglorf:

Agreed, but you need to go one step further. There is no way in hell to discuss the plight of the Palestinian people without addressing the policies of the surrounding Arab nations for the last 4 generations as well. Iran and Syria currently aid the Palestinians by training them to blow themselves up and giving them weapons and explosives with which to do so. Historically, Israel's aggressive foreign policy that is causing the Palestinian's troubles has resulted from a continual effort by their neighbors to annihilate them.


Yeah, they stole that land fair and square, right?

And they're still doing it, a little bit every day.

And they kill a few more Palestinians every day. But we never hear about that.

But when one of the Palestinians gets sick of the shit and attacks with bombs or rockets, it's all over the news.