tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113721142630525991.post6494227915450204832..comments2023-08-07T04:03:13.829-05:00Comments on Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC: Government as Protector and ArbiterBeer, Bicycles and the VRWChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113721142630525991.post-56694400752886794792010-06-20T20:51:58.964-05:002010-06-20T20:51:58.964-05:0040 years of unintended consequences harming others...40 years of unintended consequences harming others and there is still a need for affirmative action? I would call the policy an abject failure. And I disagree cpompletely with the premise that the Left does not want to eliminate all of life's consequences. Name one they have not tried to eliminate.Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113721142630525991.post-34602961187907239672010-06-20T15:21:34.297-05:002010-06-20T15:21:34.297-05:00You misunderstand the Left in this country. Most d...You misunderstand the Left in this country. Most do not think that government can solve all problems or insulate us from all consequences. Most on the Left believe that carefully-crafted legislation can make things incrementally better. Unintended consequences may be inevitable, but as long as they are significantly less severe than the problems alleviated, they are worth it (like the side effects from life-saving chemotherapy). <br /><br />Affirmative action is still needed in many areas. The reverse discrimination whiners focus on the handful of cases where a more qualified white man is passed over in favor of a woman or a minority and ignore the hundreds of cases in which a more qualified minority or woman is passed over (recent class action lawsuits against Cracker Barrel and Wal-Mart demonstrate that this is not a rare occurrence).<br /><br />We do not yet live in a true meritocracy. If that were the case, there would not still be country clubs that bar Tiger Woods (arguably our nation's greatest golfer) from membership (for reasons that have nothing to do with his recent sex scandals).Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.com