Play Nice The NM Devils Chessboard thread.

[DesertRoo]

Lol @ The Warlord, I’ll see you in a couple of weeks, the new avatar is going to get you a holiday on the mainboard from some over zealous button musher, totally worth it.

 

[krakouers]

Nobody protests harder than the French.

French Democracy is always the most extreme democracy...

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Let’s be honest thou this isn’t an attack on race but class, this will lead to universities not being able to use other factors. It favors those who grew up in affluent, educated households surrounded in privilege.

Yes and no. On pure theoretical principles, affirmative action is by its very nature racist. It is intended to uplift where meritocracy failed, but it has done little to improve educational standards for Americans. Some on the left want to go full max with AA in response, while the right point to the meritocracy being proven superior and needs strengthening.

Some will also counter by citing some form of Hegelian power dynamics, etc. Or they argue it entrenches class issues (more Marxist in theory, ie conflict theory). The rural v urban debate is interesting in this context, particularly the rural South.

The problem the Right has is that they are right that Affirmative action is racist and it adversely affects Asian Americans for example, but a pure meritocracy has issues. It is not properly accompanied by supporting socioeconomic and education policies for those struggling, so they do little to uplift the overall standard.

 

[DesertRoo]

Yes and no. On pure theoretical principles, affirmative action is by its very nature racist. Some will counter argue by citing some form Hegelian power dynamics, etc. Or they argue it entrenches class issues (more Marxist in theory, ie conflict theory).

The problem the Right has is that they are right that Affirmative action is racist and it adversely affects Asian Americans for example. However, a pure meritocracy has issues as it’s not properly accompanied by supporting socioeconomic and education policies for those struggling.

Well thought out response cheers!

I do wonder if this was a counter to the whole admissions scandal plaguing the states, elite logic, if wealthy parents can’t buy their way into elite schools, there’s clearly to many spaces being handed out.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Well thought out response cheers!

Worth noting the US system is a bit more distinct in the educational affirmative action sphere. We have our AA here of course, but a big difference in scope, etc.

 

[Del191229]

Lol @ The Warlord, I’ll see you in a a couple of weeks, the new avatar is going to get you a holiday on the mainboard from some over zealous button musher, totally worth it.

I've struck a deal with Chief where I'm restricted to North board only.

My light burns too brightly for the main board

 

[Del191229]

A perfect example of why the 'people aren't allowed to choose their own nickname' rule exists in Australian culture.

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Nice try though Simpin!

No pleasing some folks, anyway I'm not Australian and their culture sucks.

 

[Del191229]

Lolol owned

Chinese spy balloon did not collect information over US, Pentagon says

A Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States earlier this year before being shot down did not collect information as it went across the country, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

 

[ferball]

Its not racism, its stay-in-your-placism.

Yes and no. On pure theoretical principles, affirmative action is by its very nature racist. It is intended to uplift where meritocracy failed, but it has done little to improve educational standards for Americans. Some on the left want to go full max with AA in response, while the right point to the meritocracy being proven superior and needs strengthening.

Some will also counter by citing some form of Hegelian power dynamics, etc. Or they argue it entrenches class issues (more Marxist in theory, ie conflict theory). The rural v urban debate is interesting in this context, particularly the rural South.

The problem the Right has is that they are right that Affirmative action is racist and it adversely affects Asian Americans for example, but a pure meritocracy has issues. It is not properly accompanied by supporting socioeconomic and education policies for those struggling, so they do little to uplift the overall standard.

If American society genuinely cared about that stuff then Affirmative Action wouldn't be necessary in the first place.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

French Democracy is always the most extreme democracy...

I’ve had it up here with your Jacobin thinking and your so-called rules krakouers…

 

[DesertRoo]

Worth noting the US system is a bit more distinct in the educational affirmative action sphere. We have our AA here of course, but a big difference in scope, etc.

My wife has been following this tictok account called Ramsay Solutions, she’s heard me for years talk about wealth inequality for years in the states, travelled there a few times but I think it’s the first time reality hits home after listening to these people from middle America, who have massive education debt and are in shit pay working for the government etc.
for example one guy got a masters of finance from a top uni, he’s the first of his family to go to collage, gets home after racking up $200k of debt, compiling interest, now working for $70k as a cop because it’s the only job in his area.
America hey.

 

[Mav]

So, who got the wallets?

 

[DesertRoo]

Could you imagine the uproar in here if this was a Russian company?

 

[Del191229]

Its not racism, its stay-in-your-placism.

If American society genuinely cared about that stuff then Affirmative Action wouldn't be necessary in the first place.

Obama did it all the whitest way possible - edited the Harvard Law Review - and as soon as he wore a tan suit they called him That Word and then elected the guy who'd spent years spreading racist lies about him.

 

[DesertRoo]

Obama did it all the whitest way possible - edited the Harvard Law Review - and as soon as he wore a tan suit they called him That Word and then elected the guy who'd spent years spreading racist lies about him.

Have you read the Jakarta Method?
In 1965/66 roughly a million people died in Indonesia because of their political beliefs.

It must’ve been a pretty shocking childhood for him.

The Jakarta Method - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Del191229]

Look at this map of fires in Paris.

Seven only inside the periphique.

 

[Del191229]

Have you read the Jakarta Method?
In 1965/66 roughly a million people died in Indonesia because of their political beliefs.

It must’ve been a pretty shocking childhood for him.

The Jakarta Method - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Never read it but aware of the events.

 

[DesertRoo]

Never read it but aware of the events.

Yeah before others jump up and down, not suggesting his cia mother was anyway involved.

Just being around those events are shocking. Peoples interactions with each other change when something like that happens, that would’ve been a fair chunk of his childhood dealing with rightfully traumatised peoples.

 

[Chadwiko]

I've struck a deal with Chief where I'm restricted to North board only.

Sounds like parole.

 

[krakouers]

I’ve had it up here with your Jacobin thinking and your so-called rules krakouers…

 

[krakouers]

Sounds like parole.

I don't think The Chief is that caring about someone checking in... not when he's doing a Scrooge McDuck impression

 

[Del191229]

Sounds like parole.

No, just an agreement between friends about an internet site.

Who are the Washington Commanders versing this week?

They're coming off a series of losses to the Baghdad Scribes and Kabul Mountaineers so would be keen for a win.

 

[Dan]

I met a Russian that lived in Switzerland. She was rude.

I knew a kid in school named Ivan.

 

[Mav]

A perfect example of why the 'people aren't allowed to choose their own nickname' rule exists in Australian culture.

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Nice try though Simpin!

as opposed to the "peoples" biggest cringe of all time nickname: The Warchest.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

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The Jacobin machine is a joke, it keeps killing and killing.

On this board, we obey the laws of King Louis.

I knew a kid in school named Ivan.

Was he terrible?