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Originally posted by Calgary Flames+Apr 21 2005, 05:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Calgary Flames @ Apr 21 2005, 05:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Apr 21 2005, 04:46 PM
If you care to look back at how the thread progressed, Jordon specifically asked if his behaviour was racist. Not me. He said he treats people differently, judges them on the basis of the color of their skin.
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COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLshinguard... I do not treat people by the colour of the skin. I do tend to judge homeless people based not on the colour of their skin but by the advantages and disadvantages they have gone through in their lives. I'm not giving a homeless native a single goddam cent knowing they probably got thousands of dollars for their 18th birthday... I will give an elderly, handicapped man some money, or buy him a sandwich after a small brief discussion that I know he won't go out and buy drugs.
If a drunk indian who can barely say a word comes up to me, I'll keep walking. If a homeless person who can actually have a conversation with me and I deem them to be decent human beings, why not help them out? But i'm being honest to god when I say this... I haven't encountered a single Native that fits the latter criteria downtown.
So I guess I am a racist... :unsure: [/b][/quote]
Seriously man, what do you know about native benefits? How do you know they got thousands of dollars on their 18th birthday? What do you know about the rest of it? Have you studied the situation? Familiar with treaty rights, land claims, mineral rights and all that? Do you know how many different bands (is that even the name) in Canada and the different circumstances and benefits they get?
Me neither.
Don't you think it's rather difficult to judge people based on something you know nothing about?
Really, I couldn't care less about who you do and don't give money to, but to come on here and try to claim that you understand exactly where someone came from and how they were treated based completely on the color of their skin -- which is what you are doing, obviously -- is ridiculous.
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"I deem to be a decent human being..."
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