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Good one, Destor. I take if

Oxy Mora — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:40:17 +0000

In reply to Brooks vs. Destor23, A Smackdown

Good one, Destor. I take if DB turned down your arm wrestling suggestion and opted for this. On second thought, maybe arm wrestling.

Brooks once wrote a column on joint checking accounts, concluding that couples shouldn't have seaparate ones so I think he's pretty conflicted in this area.

Way to go David. Attaboy

Flavius — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:37:30 +0000

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Way to go David.

Attaboy Destor.

Let's hear it for the big D's . (my oh yes)

There seems to be two facets

Elusive Trope — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:33:13 +0000

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There seems to be two facets of inequality being dealt with here

1. Acknowledgment of existing inequality

2. Effort to create or sustain inequality.

An example would be education. It is one thing to acknowledge one has superior education. It merely a statement of fact. (and which of course needs to be differentiated from the acknowledgment of being a superior human being because of one's education)

It is another thing to work towards creating a system in which some people have greater access to the same education as another group of people, thereby sustaining or increasing the inequality in a population.

Destor don't lie!

Michael Maiello — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:26:23 +0000

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Destor don't lie!

I just read the NYT

Richard Day — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:47:10 +0000

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I just read the NYT column.

He really said those things!

Damn!

Good smackdown. David

jaydub — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:39:23 +0000

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Good smackdown. David Brooks can occasionally be brilliant but more often than not he's superficial when he thinks he's being brilliant. This column represents one of his superficial efforts.

I actually feel fairly

Doctor Cleveland — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:32:25 +0000

In reply to Sometimes I wonder whether

I actually feel fairly confident about the answer to this one.

And if you are on speaking

acanuck — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:28:31 +0000

In reply to I suspect that you no more

And if you are on speaking terms with David Brooks, it's unacceptable to boast about it.

The whole discussion brings

Verified Atheist — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:59:33 +0000

In reply to Very funny -- both of you.

The whole discussion brings to mind an image of Ric Flair in a cage fight with a scrawny kid on crutches...

Very funny -- both of you.

Ramona — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:46:39 +0000

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Very funny -- both of you.

DB: Church inequality is unacceptable. It would be uncouth to wear a Baptist or Catholic or Jewish jersey to signal that people of your faith are closer to God. It is wrong to look down on other faiths on the grounds that their creeds are erroneous.

I guess DB hasn't been to this website:

http://www.christianshirts.net/page1.php