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Originally posted by dar512
All those things are evil and the people who did them should be punished. However, I don't think that makes what those boys did wrong.
I was small, weak, and bookish in school - and I got beaten up a number of times. Do I deserve a scholarship for that? Where does it end if we take the view that society owes some group special privileges.
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So are you saying that everyone is totally and completely equal now, and need to not worry about being discriminated against at the job, in school, etc.?
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