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Originally posted by Sven:
[b]Watch a sec. You're saying that the test didn't properly measure skills but you're willing to conclude that some drivers are better than others?[/b]
The test was only written for a learner's permit.
Meaning, I got perfect and had a permit to drive but that didn't mean I had any clue how to.
Well---look at what we have here!
oldgoat goes off to the seaside to drink gin for a week, and what happens? People start behaving like a scene from the movie [i]Lord of the Flies[/i]!
No wonder babble doesn't have (many) anarchist sociopaths and Pol Pot supporters, it's far too rough for them.
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Originally posted by RevolutionPlease:
[b]Anyways, if 500 had of just withdrawn the "supremely gifted genetically for intelligence" I would have been out of here.[/b]
I agree with you on this, RP.
That line from 500_Apples' post about inheriting intelligence stuck out a bit for me too when I read it, but I really don't think this thread was meant to be a nature-nurture debate about cognitive function, you know? Very interesting and all, but perhaps people might like to comment about the substance of the book, as related to us by 500_Apples, rather than disputing a throw-away line he used in his review of the book? Perhaps someone could start a thread about the whole "nature-nurture" debate about intelligence.
Personally, I think the book sounds really interesting. I haven't read it myself, although now I'm thinking about reserving it at the library after reading 500_Apples' review. I can definitely see how a well-written book that traces a true story of an African American family's ancestry could be considered a great piece of literature.
500_Apples, I'm going to move this thread to the babble book lounge forum so that it will be more obvious that this discussion is about the book than a general thread about Obama's politics.
Moved here!
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Originally posted by Michelle:
[b]
Personally, I think the book sounds really interesting. I haven't read it myself, although now I'm thinking about reserving it at the library after reading 500_Apples' review. I can definitely see how a well-written book that traces a true story of an African American family's ancestry could be considered a great piece of literature.[/b]
Ditto for me - I read other reviews that made me want to read this book and now I think I'll stop putting it off. Haven't had a whole bunch of reading time lately, but maybe it's a good excuse to hang the hammock.
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Originally posted by Michelle:
[b]Moved here![/b]
You know that is absolutely hilarious.
Iґve been posting for like 2 years, but this is my first book review I think (wait, I remember another one) and I didnґt even realize there was a babble book lounge!
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Originally posted by unionist:
[b]Here's the difference between you and me, 500.I support the entire thrust of everything Wright said, and I oppose the entire thrust of everything Obama said.
You, like some others here, seize on the AIDS thing out of desperation, because your very instinct, your every fibre, demands support for the status quo. Not just in this thread or on this issue. In every single thread, and on every single issue.
Now, what kind of discussion would you like to have in the face of that rather obvious reality?[/b]
Honestly, if I were running for office, and someone whom I had trusted and defended said ЁDavid N. is just saying that because heґs a politician you know he has to say thatЁ I would be pretty pissed off, and I might very well break off relations with that individual.
I completely agree with the main thrust of what Wright said, as did Obama for that matter if you bothered to read his long speech on race. Agreemant on the whole, disagreemant on details.
