Reparations

[Poopadoop]

So I smoke weed because oppression? I am a victim!

Does smoking weed keep you from holding a job? Does it give your kids FAS? Are you really trying to equate using recreational drugs with alcoholism?

[OngBonga]

Does smoking weed keep you from holding a job? Does it give your kids FAS? Are you really trying to equate using recreational drugs with alcoholism?

Are you really trying to say drug addiction and alcoholism are not related? I am addicted to weed, and I started smoking it when I was 16, just as I left a children's home and became an adult in charge of my own destiny.

Yes, my weed habit has certainly cost me opportunities.

[Poopadoop]

Are you really trying to say drug addiction and alcoholism are not related? I am addicted to weed, and I started smoking it when I was 16, just as I left a children's home and became an adult in charge of my own destiny.

Yes, my weed habit has certainly cost me opportunities.

are 60% of white people addicted to weed to the point they can't hold a job?

I don't know why you keep trying to make this about you.

[OngBonga]

are 60% of white people addicted to weed to the point they can't hold a job?

I don't know why you keep trying to make this about you.

Is this relevant? I chose to smoke weed, I chose to not give it up despite me being aware it was impacting negatively on my motivation and productivity. I'm not smoking weed as a 40 year old adult because I had a shit childhood.

I have no idea why natives drink more. I imagine it's cultural. If your parents drink to excess, chances are you'll consider it normal.

[Poopadoop]

Is this relevant? I chose to smoke weed, I chose to not give it up despite me being aware it was impacting negatively on my motivation and productivity. I'm not smoking weed as a 40 year old adult because I had a shit childhood.

Its' relevant because look at the title of the thread. It's "reparations" not "is Ong a victim?"

I have no idea why natives drink more. I imagine it's cultural. If your parents drink to excess, chances are you'll consider it normal.

You really act ignorant sometimes.

[OngBonga]

I'll say this... if a black criminal can demonstrate that he has been treated differently to a white criminal of equal status, then he/she deserves compensation from the state.

[Poopadoop]

I'll say this... if a black criminal can demonstrate that he has been treated differently to a white criminal of equal status, then he/she deserves compensation from the state.

And 19% longer sentences is not trivial either. And the law explicitly says not to do that. But it happens.

So what other laws re: equal treatment are similarly "effective", I wonder?

[OngBonga]

I don't think it is genetics. I think it's very unlikely that IQ differs by more than a couple of points between races, if at all.

But it does. That's due to education standards different in first world and third world countries. I doubt it's genetic, but it's certainly cultural.

[Poopadoop]

But it does. That's due to education standards different in first world and third world countries. I doubt it's genetic, but it's certainly cultural.

I meant when the environments are held equivalent, IQ is unlikely to be much different across races.