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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: news item
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 17:29:06 EDT
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In article <1340098@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes:
> 
> If all groups do not receive the same amount of protection, then some
> groups are 'protected classes.'

Groovy.  Now, how do you measure protection?  By dollars?  By federal programs?
Or by effectiveness of the protection?  If we all expect to be protected from
discrimination, and minorities are less effectively protected then which is the
protected class?

> If all groups receive the same amount of protection, then why not just get
> rid of the protections entirely?

If we are all clothed adequately, why not get rid of the clothing entirely?

:-(

You know, it's attitudes like yours, Mike, that are slowly convincing me
(by example) of Marxist ideas like "class interests".
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh