DISCRIMINATION! IS IT REALLY BAD?

AVITW

I SEE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE, IN ALL OF THEIR COMMITTEE GENERATED WISDOM, HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED THAT “SHARP OBJECTS”, DEPENDING UPON THEIR SIZE, MAY NOW BE SAFELY ENTRUSTED TO THEIR OWNERS. OTHERS, WHO SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO “VOLUNTARY” PRIOR SECURITY SCREENING MAY NOW BYPASS THE ONEROUS INTRUSION INTO THE PRIVACY OF LITTLE CHILDREN, SENIOR CITIZENS, BUSINESS “PERSONS” AND EVERYONE ELSE OF NON-ARAB/MUSLIM BIRTH. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE ABOVE, SAVE ONE DERELICT, HAVE EVER BEEN IMPLICATED IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY WITH PARTICIPATING THE SO-CALLED HOLY JIHAD WHICH IS NOW USED TO JUSTIFY THIS INTRUSION INTO A CITIZEN’S RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

THE CONCEPT OF “PROBABLE CAUSE” ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTIVITIES OF ANYONE THEY CHOOSE, NOT ONLY IN AIR TRAVEL, BUT IN NUMEROUS NEFARIOUS WAYS, (THINK WIRETAPS, CAMERAS, MEMBERSHIP IN DISSENTING GROUPS, COMPUTER USE OR READING MATERIAL) WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD JUST AS SOON THE GENERAL PUBLIC NOT KNOW ABOUT, IS NOW BEING ATTACKED. ONE WONDERS IF THE PARANOIA THAT RATIONALIZES SAVING A VILLAGE EVEN IF IT MUST BE DESTROYED IT IS NOW A NATIONAL POLICY? THAT THIS SHOTGUN APPROACH HAS CREATED A BOTTLENECK (PAIN IN THE NECK?) IN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THOUSANDS OF USELESS JOBS AND BILLIONS OF WASTED DOLLARS, IF ONE JUDGES THE FAILURE TO DETECT EVEN ONE ATTEMPT BY THOSE WHO DO NOT FIT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IN QUESTION, CANNOT BE DENIED.

THE AUTHOR REMEMBERS SOME YEARS AGO WHERE A RATHER ASTUTE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, UPON REALIZING THAT A PREPONDERANCE OF DRUG ACTIVITY WAS BEING CARRIED OUT BY A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE POPULATION, DECIDED IT MIGHT BE PROPITIOUS TO EXAMINE MORE CLOSELY THE ACTIVITIES OF THOSE WHO FIT THIS DEMOGRAPHIC. SURE ENOUGH, THE EFFICACY OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT INCREASED. OF COURSE, THOSE UNFORTUNATE INNOCENT FEW, WITHIN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC, CRIED FOUL AND THE EVER PRESENT LEGAL ARM OF THE ACLU AND OTHER ACTIVISTS WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING EXACERBATING THE INEQUITIES OF LIFE RUSHED IN TO CRIPPLE THE ENTERPRISING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BY SHOUTING “DISCRIMINATION”, WHICH, IN THEIR PERVERSE WAY OF LOOKING AT REALITY, THEY PERCEIVE AS PERSECUTION. OBVIOUSLY, THE "NATURAL CONSEQUENCE" WAS TO MAKE THE BUSINESS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING EVEN EASIER THAN BEFORE.

ANY INTELLIGENT CONSIDERATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL “RIGHTS” IS THOUGHT TO BE PROPERLY TEMPERED WITH CONTEMPORARY REALITY, IF NOT COMMON SENSE. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE MORE THAN MINIMAL INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECURITY OF CITIZENS, IF DEEMED A PROPER RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT, REQUIRES THE FORFEITURE OF A MEASURE OF LIBERTY, WHICH MOST ARE WILLING TO CEDE IN RETURN FOR THE “RIGHT TO LIFE” (NO, NOT THAT TYPE) WHEN THREATENED. THE QUESTION ARISES “HOW MUCH LIBERTY IS TO BE TAKEN AND IN WHAT MANNER? SINCE SURVIVAL WOULD SEEM TO TRUMP "INALIENABLE RIGHTS", PERHAPS THE EXCHANGE OF THE LEAST LOSS OF LIBERTY FOR THE MOST SECURITY COULD BECOME THE NEW GUIDING PRINCIPLE.

ONE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIFE TENDS TO BE OVERWHELMING TO MOST CITIZENS WHO ARE SO BUSY "PADDLING" IN THEIR OWN LITTLE POND, THAT THEY SELDOM STOP TO DISCERN THE GESTALTS OF LIFE, UNTIL THEY ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE MAELSTROM. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS, NOT BY CHOICE, BUT BY NECESSITY, AS THE OUTSIDE WORLD INTRUDES ON ONES PERSONAL WORLD. WHILE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SOLVE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN ONE SITTING, IT MIGHT BE WELL TO BECOME AWARE OF THE CONUNDRUM THAT LIES AHEAD, IF YOU HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED ONE OR MORE OF THE FACETS ALREADY.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WILLFUL MISINTERPRETATION OF THE VALUE OF RATIONAL DISCRIMINATION, AS OPPOSED TO PREJUDICE WHICH IS IRRATIONAL. OF COURSE, “ERRONEOUS CONCEPTS” (AN EUPHEMISM FOR STUPIDITY?) CAN ALSO BE INTERPRETED AS “OPPORTUNITIES”, OR “BLOGS” WOULD HAVE LITTLE TO JUSTIFY THEIR EXISTENCE. MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT RACIAL AND GENDER (SEX HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT) DISCRIMINATION, TO WHICH MUST NOW BE ADDED RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC AFFILIATION. MOST OF THE SELF-SERVING LITERATURE IS NEGATIVE AND ESPOUSES THE RATHER NAIVE GOAL OF ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION ALTOGETHER. FORTUNATELY, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION, AS IT IS A FACT OF LIFE, AND IS NECESSARY FOR OUR VERY SURVIVAL. IT ALSO IMPACTS HEAVILY ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE SINCE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CHOICES EVERYONE FACES EVERY DAY, IF NOT EVERY HOUR, OF THEIR LIFE.

THE AUTHOR HAS ALWAYS ADMIRED DISCRIMINATING PEOPLE AND WOULD HAVE FARED FAR BETTER IN LIFE HAD HE BEEN MORE ADEPT IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THINGS GOOD FOR HIM AND THOSE THAT WERE BAD. THIS ASSUMES, OF COURSE, THAT ONE ACCEPTS THE PREMISE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT, IF NOT THE ABILITY, TO LIVE ONES LIFE GUIDED BY ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST, BUT, I DIGRESS.

CHILDREN ENCOUNTER DISCRIMINATION EARLY IN LIFE AS PARENTS SEARCH FOR THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND DIFFERENCES IN THEIR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO REAR EACH ONE TO ACHIEVE THE MOST THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELATIVE ABILITY AS PARENTS, I HAVE NEVER MET A PARENT AT ANY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC LEVEL THAT DID NOT WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILD.

HOWEVER, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME ABNORMAL ADULTS WHO SEE CHILDREN AS A BURDEN IN THEIR LIVES AND THE TRAGEDY THAT COMES FROM THAT. THE “MONSTERS” AND "INDISCRIMINATE" AMONG US LEND MORE SUPPORT TO THE IDEA THAT NOT ALL ADULTS ARE CAPABLE OF CARING FOR THE CHILDREN THEY CONCEIVE. WHY PERSONS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF PROCREATING, AND ESPECIALLY PERSONS OF THIS ILK, ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE SOME INALIENABLE RIGHT TO BEAR, MUCH LESS RETAIN CUSTODY OF, CHILDREN, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. NOTHING GOOD EVER SEEMS TO COME FROM THE RIGHT TO UNLIMITED BREEDING. IT IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION WHY, IN ALL OF LIFE'S ENDEAVORS THAT REQUIRE LICENSING, THIS DOES NOT HEAD THE LIST, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

NOT ONLY DO NORMAL PARENTS SEEK TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR CHILDREN IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN PERSONS, PLACES, THINGS AND BEHAVIOR THAT ARE DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE, E.G. WISE OR UNWISE. THE HIGHER UP THE CULTURAL FOOD CHAIN ONES PARENTS RESIDE, THE MORE DISCRIMINATING THEIR CHILD TENDS TO BECOME. FURTHERMORE, WITH GREATER ABILITY TO DISCRIMINATE COMES THE GREATER PROBABILITY OF ULTIMATE SUCCESS WITHIN ANY GIVEN CULTURE AND POSSIBLY IN ANOTHER CULTURE, AS REFLECTED BY DISCRIMINATING IMMIGRANTS' SUCCESS IN OUR OWN SOCIETY. WE ARE A LAND OF IMMIGRANTS, HOWEVER, AT THIS JUNCTURE IN HISTORY, IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME DO NOT COME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER LIFE, BUT TO DESTROY THE LIVES WE HAVE BUILT.

ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN OUR SOCIETY EXISTS WHEN MORE CHILDREN ARE BORN INTO THE LOWER ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LEVELS OF SOCIETY. REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACIAL, ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS PERSUASION, LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL ARE PRESENTED TO THEM FOR LEARNING. WITH THEIR LIMITED PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY, OUR SOCIETY BECOMES INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THEIR DECREASED ABILITY TO DISCRIMINATE. NOT UNEXPCTEDLY, THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY US DO NOT RECRUIT SUCCESSFULLY AMONG DISCRIMINATING INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND BLIND IDEOLOGY.

ONE SUPPOSES THAT ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, ARE BORN WITH ABILITIES, RANGING FROM EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH TO MARGINALLY ABLE TO FUNCTION IN THEIR GIVEN SOCIETY. WITH THE ADVENT OF "MODERN MEDICINE", SOME ARE BORN AND SURVIVE EVEN BELOW THIS LEVEL AND ARE DOOMED TO BE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, MOSTLY FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT DOLLARS, I BELIEVE. UNTIL THIS IS DISPROVED, A POSITIVE CORRELATION IS ASSUMED TO EXIST. HOWEVER, THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC ALSO.

AT A VERY EARLY AGE, DISCRIMINATION MOVES FROM THE CONFINES OF THE HOME ENVIRONMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEREAFTER INTO THE EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE CULTURE. IT IS THE RARE INDIVIDUAL INDEED WHO TRANSCENDS THE BOUNDARIES OF HIS BIRTH. "ONE CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT ONE CANNOT TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE BOY", AS FOLKLORE SO APTLY PUTS IT. THE SIMPLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CLASSES IS MOSTLY A MATTER OF DISCRIMINATING WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS NOT. EMPIRICAL DATA SEEM TO SUGGEST, THEREFORE, THAT THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT LARGELY DETERMINES WHAT THE CHILD WILL BECOME.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AT LEAST IN THE MORE DEVELOPED SOCIETIES, OPT TO MITIGATE THIS TO SOME EXTENT. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ABYSMAL SUCCESS RATE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY ALL SORTS OF SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND INTELLECTUAL RESEARCH, THEY EXERT ONLY MARGINAL INFLUENCE. FORTUNATELY, THE REGRESSION TO THE MEAN TENDS KEEPS THE DISPARITY WITHIN SOME BOUNDS.

THE RESULTS OF DISCRIMINATION ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THE SEPARATION OF THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF AND SERVE AS THE GREAT DIVIDERS OF INDIVIDUALS, ONE FROM THE OTHER. ONE CAN PHILOSOPHICALLY ARGUE THE POINT THAT EQUALITY "SHOULD" BE THE NORM, BUT THE CONCEPT THAT “ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL” IS ONE OF THE MOST DUBIOUS ASSUMPTIONS IN EXISTENCE AND EASILY DISPROVED AT EVERY LEVEL. THE MOST PRUDENT POSITION IS TO ASSUME IS THAT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND THAT DISCRIMINATION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SURVIVAL OF ANY SOCIETY.

PERHAPS, ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO BECOME A DISCRIMINATING PERSON, WHICH CANNOT BE ABRIDGED BY THE LAWS AND/OR INSTITUTIONS OF THE SOCIETY, COULD BE “FOUND” IN THE ELASTIC INTERPRETATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION. WHO, AMONG THE DISCRIMINATING POPULATION, WANTS TO ENCOUNTER A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO LOWER THEMSELVES TO THE RANKS OF THE INDISCRIMINATE?

ONE POSTULATES THAT THE SEPARATION OF INDIVIDUALS, BASED ON THEIR ABILITIES, WHICH IN TURN EMANATE FROM THEIR PRIOR DISCRIMINATING CHOICES OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND NOT IMPORTANT, IS NOT ONLY IS JUST, IT IS ESSENTIAL. IF THESE CHOICES DIVIDE ALONG THE LINES OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, ETHNIC OR ECONOMIC ORIGINS, SO BE IT. ONE OUGHT NOT TO RECEIVE A FREE PASS OR "BROWNIE POINTS" BECAUSE THEY FALL INTO A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC OR GENETIC POOL. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN PRODUCTIVE AND COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR, EACH OF WHICH CARRIES "NATURAL CONSEQUENCES".

IN A FREE SOCIETY, ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG IN DEVELOPING THEIR LIVES FOR THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO ESCAPE THE "NATURAL CONSEQUENCES" OF THEIR DECISIONS, AS CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE SEEM TO BELIEVE. THOSE WHO ESPOUSE THAT VIEWPOINT HAVE FAILED TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE REALITY THAT DIFFERENCES EXIST PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS RATHER THAN BECAUSE OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.

IRRESPECTIVE OF INHERITED CHARACTERISTICS, AN INDIVIDUAL’S CHANGE OF DECISION IN USING ONES ABILITY AND TIME TOWARD STUDYING PHYSICS INSTEAD OF FOOTBALL OR FASHION; TOWARD MATH INSTEAD OF BASKETBALL OR BOYFRIENDS; TOWARD LANGUAGE ARTS INSTEAD OF COMPUTER GAMES OR TELEVISION; OR TOWARD THE STUDY OF HISTORY INSTEAD OF BLIND IDEOLOGY, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE THE LINES OF DIVISION IN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES OF THE FUTURE. OF COURSE, THIS CAN ONLY OCCUR, IF THEY (THE DISCRIMINATING INDIVIDUALS) SURVIVE THE IDEOLOGICAL ATTACKS OF THE FANATICS.

THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO CLAIM DISCRIMINATION ALONG THE IRRELEVANT LINES OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNICITY, INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ERRORS (LACK OF DISCRIMINATING CHOICES), ALONG WITH THE LIBERAL ESTABLISHMENT, WHOSE ECONOMIC SECURITY DEPENDS ON THESE ERRORS IN JUDGMENT, WILL BE UNLIKELY TO FACE UP TO THE TRUE NATURE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP DIFFERENCES. IT IS NOT DISCRIMINATION THAT IS TO BLAME FOR INEQUITIES BETWEEN RACES, RELIGIONS, GENDERS OR MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES, IT IS THE “LACK OF DISCRIMINATION” IN MAKING WISE DECISIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM THAN IT IS TO CHANGE IT.

JUST AS ONE PUZZLES OVER THE GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF TOBACCO FARMS, PROCREATION AT PUBLIC EXPENSE AND THE ETERNAL (INFERNAL?) EXTENSION OF OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS, ONE MUST QUESTION THE CULTURAL SPONSORSHIP OF ALTERNATIVES TO GOOD DECISIONS. THE VARIOUS EXAMPLES GIVEN ARE NOT MEANT TO DENIGRATE THE VALUES IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, A PARTICULAR RELIGION, THE VIEWING OF TELEVISION OR MASTERY OF USELESS ELECTRONIC TOYS, HOWEVER, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH TIME IN A CHILD'S LIFE AND IT MUST BE USED WISELY, OR THE CHILD IS BOUND TO CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF HIS OR HER PROGENITORS. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE GOAL OF EVERY IDEOLOGUE, AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS, AS PURVEYORS OF THEIR PREJUDICIAL PHILOSOPHIES. WITHOUT "INDISCRIMINATE INDIVIDUALS" BLINDLY KOWTOWING TO THEIR SELF-SERVING PROPAGANDA, THEY WOULD QUICKLY GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

AS ONE CAN LEGITIMATELY SURMISE, THE AUTHOR BELIEVES A STRONG DEFENSE OF DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL (WISE AND UNWISE) CHOICES SHOULD BE MOUNTED AND THAT IT SHOULD BE BASED ON RELEVANT FACTORS, NOT THE IRRELEVANT DISTRACTERS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, WHICH CANNOT BE CHANGED. INSTITUTIONS WHICH FAIL TO PROPOUND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND TOLERANCE, IF NOT RESPECT FOR DISCRIMINATING PEOPLE, SHOULD THEMSELVES BE CONSIDERED SUSPECT IN UNDERMINING THE BASIC TENANTS OF OUR COUNTRY AND SUBJECTED TO RIGOROUS EXAMINATION.

IN THE SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL DESTROYERS OF OUR SOCIETY, IT IS POSTULATED THAT GIVEN DEMOGRAPHICS MAY THEREFORE, REASONABLY BE SUBJECTED TO ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY IN THE PROVISION OF SECURITY FOR ALL. THIS IS NOT PERSECUTION UNDER THE CODE WORD DISCRIMINATION. IT IS THE LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THE REASONING OF THE INFAMOUS ROBBER OF BANKS. WHEN ASKED WHY HE ROBBED BANKS, HE REPLIED, “BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS”!

WHY DISCRIMINATION HAS BECOME A UNIVERSAL NEGATIVE, I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN ONE LOOKS FOR A BENEFACTOR, BE IT DOCTOR OR MECHANIC, ONE DOES NOT LOOK FOR THE MEDIOCRE PERSON WHO WAS SOCIALLY PROMOTED OR HIRED BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN GENETIC PROFILE. WHEN ONE LOOKS FOR A PARTNER, ONE DOES NOT LOOK FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS FAILED TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND UNIMPORTANT, BE IT IN APPEARANCE, ABILITIES OR ASPIRATIONS. WHEN ONE WANT TO ASSOCIATE WITH OTHERS OF SIMILAR DISCRIMINATING ABILITIES RATHER THAN BEING SUBJECTED TO THE COMPANY OF THOSE WHO LIVE INDISCRIMINATE LIVES, ONE IS ACCUSED OF BEING BIGOTED OR PREJUDICED. OF COURSE, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE, BUT IT IS IRRELEVANT.

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP FAILS TO SEPARATE THE “WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF” WITHIN THEIR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE, THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE SURPRISED THAT EXTERNAL FORCES WILL BE CONSTRAINED TO ASSUME THAT ONEROUS TASK. THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE IS INHERENT IN SUCCESSFUL LIVING AND WHERE RATIONAL DISCRIMINATION IS DISCOURAGED, OR PUNISHED, ONLY CHAOS AND DISCORD REMAIN. WITHIN THIS CONCEPT LIES A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE "DECLINE AND FALL" OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

FOR SOME REASON, IT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE (AND PROFITABLE) IN OUR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, TO ASSUME THAT WHEN ONE FAILS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A GIVEN SITUATION, E.G. FAILED TO EXERCISE RATIONAL DISCRIMINATION IN MAKING WISE DECISIONS, THEY ARE NOT ASSUMED TO HAVE FAILED ON LACK OF MERIT, BUT RATHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN “DISCRIMINATED AGAINST” IN SOME VAST CONSPIRACY DESIGNED TO SINGLE THEM OUT FOR SPECIAL CASTIGATION. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO ADMIT, OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PATENTLY UNQUALIFIED TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS OR THAT OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE. IT IS MUCH EASIER TO RELY ON CLAIMS OF BEING "DISADVANTAGED" DUE TO THEIR GENETIC PROFILE. THE TRUMPETING OF "VICTIMIZATION" HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO "CULT STATUS" BY THOSE SEEKING TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE "NATURAL CONSEQUENCES" OF THEIR DECISIONS.

IT IS ALSO POSTULATED THAT THOSE WHO DEFEND “INDISCRIMINATE INDIVIDUALS” FROM THE "NATURAL CONSEQUENCES" OF THEIR FAILURE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WISE AND UNWISE COURSES OF ACTION BY CLAIMING “PREJUDICE”, ARE, AT LEAST, PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENABLING A MINORITY OF MISFITS TO WREAK HAVOC AMONG THE REMAINING POPULATION. IN THE ABUSE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES , THIS IS CALLED CO-DEPENDENCE. IT THE SOCIAL MILIEU, PERHAPS THE RELATIONSHIP IS MORE SYMBIOTIC IN NATURE.

ON SUCH MISGUIDED PERCEPTIONS ARE THE LAWS OF THE LAND PRESENTLY SKEWED, THUS PROVIDING JOB SECURITY FOR THE PRACTITIONERS OF LAW WHO ARE ONE OF THE MOST DISCRIMINATING GROUPS IN THE LAND. SHOULD ONE DOUBT THIS, TRY DOING ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE WITHOUT VIOLATING THE PERCEIVED VENUE OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE BAR, (NO, NOT THAT KIND) OR, TRY HIRING A LAWYER TO REPRESENT YOU AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY WITHOUT ASSETS/INSURANCE, CAPABLE OF BEING "SHAKEN DOWN" (EXTORTED?) UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU ARE WILLING (AND ABLE) TO PAY THEM A HUGE AMOUNT UP FRONT, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME. LAWYERS ARE VERY DISCRIMINATING IN WHOM THEY REPRESENT, WHEREAS, DOCTORS IN HOSPITALS ARE “REQUIRED” TO TREAT ANYONE WHO APPEARS ON THEIR DOORSTEP. APPARENTLY, ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION IS STILL LEGAL, EXCEPT AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, DOOR, BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

LEAVING INDIVIDUALS FREE TO BECOME DISCRIMINATING PERSONS, OR TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY OTHERS IF THEY FAIL TO MAKE AND/OR ACT ON WISE DECISIONS, IS ACTUALLY THE ROAD TO SURVIVAL. ADDITIONALLY, IT MAY FINALLY ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS TO EXAMINE WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT THEIR LEADERS ARE SAYING IN ORDER TO SEEK IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE INSTITUTED INTERNALLY AND WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE BRAVE FEW WHO SUGGEST THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO ACCEPT PERSONAL OR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS, RATHER THAT CLAIMING "VICTIMIZATION", ARE SUMMARILY LABELED AS SUBVERSIVE OR TRAITORS TO THE PARTICULAR RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR ETHNICITY INVOLVED.

HOW MUCH LIBERTY MUST BE CEDED IN EXCHANGE FOR SECURITY REMAINS TO BE ELUCIDATED, BUT THE FALLACIOUS CONCEPT THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED “EQUALLY SUSPECT” OR THAT SOME ARE ENTITLED TO SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF THEIR GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS IS ABSURD. EQUALITY HAS NEVER BEEN THE GOAL OF THOSE WHO EXPOUND THE CULTURE OF "VICTIMIZATION". THEY WANT NOTHING LESS THAN SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR THEIR ILK. INCREDIBLY, THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED TO A GREAT DEGREE. WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? VAMOS A VER.

PERHAPS THIS LOCAL NOTION IS INAPPROPRIATE IN THE “POLITICALLY CORRECT” WORLD, BUT, UNTIL THE "POLITICALLY CORRECT" REALIZE THE FALLACIOUS ASSUMPTIONS AND DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR CRUSADE, AND EMBRACE THE VALIDITY AND VALUE OF RATIONAL DISCRIMINATION, OUR FUTURE WILL REMAIN TIED TO THE VAGARIES OF A MINORITY WHO CREATE CHAOS AND WANT ONLY TO DESTROY THOSE WHO DIFFER FROM THEIR BELIEFS AND PRESCRIBED CONDUCT, E.G. DISCRIMINATING INDIVIDUALS.

LET US HOPE IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO STOP FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CANNOT CHANGE, E.G. RACE, GENDER, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND BLIND IDEOLOGY AND TAKE STEPS TO PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, IF NOT PROSPERITY, FOR RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS BY FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN BEING DISTRACTED BY THE INEQUITIES.

REMEMBER, THERE IS A PRICE FOR SECURITY WHICH MUST BE ACCEPTED. THE EFFICACY AND COST/BENEFIT RATIO WILL PROBABLY DETERMINE WHAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE "GREATER GOOD" AND WHAT PRICE IS TO BE PAID AND BY WHOM. FOR NOW, PROFILING AND A SYSTEM OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION, SEEM TO OFFER THE MINIMUM OF SACRIFICE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT.

IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPHERE, DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE MADE GOOD DECISIONS AND THOSE WHO HAVE MADE BAD DECISIONS OUGHT TO BE MANDATED, NOT PROHIBITED. IF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY HAVE ANY MEANING AT ALL, THEY WILL FLOURISH OR FAIL, BASED ON INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY (MERITOCRACY?) AND ONES ABILITY TO "DISCRIMINATE".

ENJOY!

TOM