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Some Basic Thoughts

Just a brief post with some reminders (or maybe some original thoughts for some of you!)

1) Censorship, especially of speech, is a bad thing in almost every case. Freedom of Speech was made as part the First Amendment to the Constitution (in the Bill of Rights) because it was recognized that the most effective way to silence dissent was to limit its spread. To limit the spread of differing ideas is to limit the possibility of dialogue and growth and leads to tyranny. 

2) Discrimination against a group of people will never counteract or neutralize discrimination that was fostered upon another group of people. (also can be read: two wrongs don't make a right - no more comment is needed)

3) Diversity for the sake of diversity is discrimination. See #2. If you select a person for a position solely based on the color of their skin, their gender, or any other attribute other than their ability, you are practicing discrimination. Selecting the best candidate, based upon their qualifications and performance (or expected performance) is the only way to assure no bias or discrimination in the selection. 


I began this post describing it as being "brief", so I will stop there and end with reminders of some of my basic "laws".

There is no government money. 

Corporations do not pay taxes, people pay taxes

There are many posts contained within this blog that go into great detail on the how and why of those statements, but they are fact. 

Lastly, a paraphrase of numerous people: Government is NOT the solution. In fact, more often than not, they are the cause of the problem, directly or indirectly. We have to stop looking to government, especially at the Federal level, to solve our issues. The unintended consequences of government regulations are a huge problem.

  

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