In article <A4EY8.5688$HR.80662 at news4.ulv.nextra.no>, "Thalamus"
<zhil at online.no> wrote:
> "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> skrev i melding
> news:5cmY8.298$QY4.128262 at news20.bellglobal.com...> > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> > news:IjkY8.59619$P%6.3936829 at news2.west.cox.net...> > >
> > > Do you know what's wrong with your list of names? They were hired
> during
> > > the era of affirmative action. Do you know what that does to their
> > > reputation, no matter whay you may think about it? It TAINTS them, for
> > the
> > > rest of their lives. Even IF they're completely worthy of the awards,
> the
> > > simple fact that the awards were handed out during that affirmative
> action
> > > era discredits each and every one of them, forverer, throughout the rest
> > of
> > > time.
> >
> > It does no such thing. Logic isn't one of your strong points, is it?
>> He is right that it taints them, how can we be sure that they didn't get the
> awards as a freebie ?
> It is logical and maybe brutally honest, but I guess that we're not
> subjucated to our emotions like the feminists.
>
The Nobel Prize does not get handed out as a "freebie".
