Dilbert is cancelled...

[Zigenare]

26% of blacks (who responded to the survey in the US) said they disagreed with the statement "It's ok to be white". Does that not give you cause for concern? Why not?

No, it doesn't give me cause for concern. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I can't change theirs and wouldn't waste my time trying. Whites don't have the monopoly on bigotry.

[d000hg]

No, it doesn't give me cause for concern. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I can't change theirs.

"All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".
Of course peoples' opinions can be changed. Most of us think it's not laughable that a lady be allowed to vote or hold a high-power job, as just one example. Far fewer people in the UK think that a gay relationship should be illegal than was once the case. Support for capital punishment and the death penalty waxes and wanes over the decades as public opinion is swayed by leaders, celebs, etc.

[Zigenare]

"All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".
Of course peoples' opinions can be changed. Most of us think it's not laughable that a lady be allowed to vote or hold a high-power job, as just one example. Far fewer people in the UK think that a gay relationship should be illegal than was once the case. Support for capital punishment and the death penalty waxes and wanes over the decades as public opinion is swayed by leaders, celebs, etc.

It's rather arrogant to assume that the 26% have got it wrong, don't you think?
Is it because their opinion doesn't match yours?

[woohoo]

How is it worrying? What are your specific concerns?

Are you being disingenuous?

[Zigenare]

Are you being disingenuous?

How would I be a party to your concerns? I'm not you. You've made a statement that you're worried, what are you worried about, are you worried that 26% of a sample of people hold a certain opinion? What exactly are you concerns, and what exactly would lay your worries to rest?

[woohoo]

How would I be a party to your concerns? I'm not you. You've made a statement that you're worried, what are you worried about, are you worried that 26% of a sample of people hold a certain opinion? What exactly are you concerns, and what exactly would lay your worries to rest?

I forget what its like on here. No there isn’t anything you can do for my worries or concerns.

[northernladuk]

How would I be a party to your concerns? I'm not you. You've made a statement that you're worried, what are you worried about, are you worried that 26% of a sample of people hold a certain opinion? What exactly are you concerns, and what exactly would lay your worries to rest?

I can kinda see where you are coming from but you can't just water this down to any old opinion. If it was the best colour of a car or who's the best political party yes but something as decisive as it's not OK to be what 72% of the US population is. It's an opinion on a poll but it is likely to affect how these people think and act which goes beyond an opinion.

I get what you are saying about you don't care and aren't concerned as it doesn't affect you. Fair enough, so move on to the next thread. You might not care but it doesn't take away the fact that's a pretty devisive and problematic opinion.

[Zigenare]

I forget what its like on here. No there isn’t anything you can do for my worries or concerns.

I didn't offer to do anything about ypour worries. You announced that you had worries but you're obviously not *that* worried.

[Zigenare]

I can kinda see where you are coming from but you can't just water this down to any old opinion. If it was the best colour of a car or who's the best political party yes but something as decisive as it's not OK to be what 72% of the US population is. It's an opinion on a poll but it is likely to affect how these people think and act which goes beyond an opinion.

I get what you are saying about you don't care and aren't concerned as it doesn't affect you. Fair enough, so move on to the next thread. You might not care but it doesn't take away the fact that's a pretty devisive and problematic opinion.

If it is a problematic opinion then how can that problem be solved? In my opinion it can't.

[northernladuk]

If it is a problematic opinion then how can that problem be solved? In my opinion it can't.

To be fair I'm not far behind you on that one but that doesn't mean it has to be taken seriously, looked at and hopefully improved. There are 44 million black people in the US. Assume the number scales with the number of respondants (which is a terrible assumption to be fair) then over 10 million people in the US think it's not OK to be white. That's a real problem.

It would have been interesting to know what that figure has been over the last few decades. I'll be willing to be its going up at a fair rate, to what end ? A race war?

But yeah, todays shock news will be long forgotten by the weekend.