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Originally Posted by Harry
Http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...&invol=07-1428 try that. So in a sense, you"re advocating for thefact that each debator is equipped with his own arsenal of information, yet denouncing me for bringing info that most europeans man not know of? How contradicting. Regardless, my point still stands.
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I didn't denounce you for bringing up the incident of the firefighters test takers, I was trying explain that sometimes you have to elaborate on an example because something that you consider common knowledge may not be to other people. I didn't denounce you for bringing up that case to, I just thought what you said put the onus on other people to know what you meant about the case in New England. I don't know what to make out about it. On one hand the complainant sounds like he is part of a minority in America, Italain-American are only 6% of the US population.
(Christine Ricci even though has an Italian name she considers herself Scotch-Irish and they are about like less then 2% of the US population.) So being poosibly an Italian American (and even if there is a small possiblity the complainant was Scots-Irish) he doesn't earn protected minority status, which is what I got from reading the article on wiki - the city was force to disregard the the test because it excluded members of a protected minority.
I could not link the second hyper-link you provided so I had to use Google to learn more about the case you mentioned.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Ricci and eighteen other white test takers, plus one Hispanic,[15% of US population] all of whom would have qualified for consideration for the promotions, sued the city including Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. The lead plaintiff was Frank Ricci, who has been a firefighter at the New Haven station for 11 years. Ricci gave up a second job to have time to study for the test. Because he has dyslexia, he paid an acquaintance $1,000 to read his textbooks on to audiotapes. Ricci also made flashcards, took practice tests, worked with a study group, and participated in mock interviews. He placed 6th among 77 people who took the lieutenant's test.[12]
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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