<p>arachnophobia12: very well then. you are here by choice and so you must find joy in reading this. otherwise, you seriously need instruction on operating web browsers. you don’t walk into a video store and yell at them for not selling books do you? read the title of the thread. affirmative action is highly pertinent to the discussion.</p>
<p>odyssey: very true. i find legacies and other forms of perferential treatment - when based on factors out of the person’s control, including to what family people are born - objectionable.</p>
<p>i find it surprising when people give the “deal with it” argument. this occurs almost every time a discussion of affirmative action and its merits are discussed. just like any other social law/rule, it was created with the aim to make the institutions it serves more ideal. obviously where we differ is in our perception of ethical and unethical practices. i view AA as unethical. you disagree. or even worse, maybe you agree it’s unethical but still dismiss it because it doesn’t affect you. if this is the case, then i’m sure you would make a very poor argument about why it is wrong to murder someone.</p>