posted
So you're saying Captain Rixx got his job via some kind of alien Affirmative Action?
Mabye they could make Al Sharpton a Klingon or something....
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
| IP: Logged
posted
So you're saying Captain Rixx got his job via some kind of alien Affirmative Action?
Mabye they could make Al Sharpton a Klingon or something....
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
| IP: Logged
capped
I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP
Member # 709
posted
quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Well, so far we've had one white Canadian man (I'm not counting the pilot -- sorry, Jeff), one white Englishman, one brown American man, one white American woman, and one white American man. Seems like a pretty accurate reflection of society as a whole (unfortunately), but it's a start.
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
| IP: Logged
quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus: Liam, when I said it was a pretty accurate reflection of society, I was referring to the rough distribution of people in authority positions -- largely white males.
--Jonah
Accurate distribution of U.S. American society, maybe. I bet there aren't as many white males in positions of authority in say, Japan.
-------------------- "Well, I mean, it's generally understood that, of all of the people in the world, Mike Nelson is the best." -- ULTRA MAGNUS, steadfast in curmudgeon
Registered: Feb 2001
| IP: Logged
quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: Accurate distribution of U.S. American society, maybe. I bet there aren't as many white males in positions of authority in say, Japan.
What about General MacArthur?
-------------------- When you're in the Sol system, come visit the Starfleet Museum
Registered: Oct 1999
| IP: Logged
quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: Accurate distribution of U.S. American society, maybe. I bet there aren't as many white males in positions of authority in say, Japan.
What about General MacArthur?
Gee, I thought he just faded away.
-------------------- "Well, I mean, it's generally understood that, of all of the people in the world, Mike Nelson is the best." -- ULTRA MAGNUS, steadfast in curmudgeon
Registered: Feb 2001
| IP: Logged
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic
