For the Black People:

[Arrian]

What are you doing back?

-Arrian

[ZEE]

for me the poll option should read as thus:

If you could change the gene, would you remain white or become black?

in which case i would choose the latter. As we all know how i was raised and all...



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[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Agathon
All the cool people are black.

White people are just kinda... lame...

I mean they have James Brown and Motown and we have the Republican Party.

1980s' Motown was limper than lettuce on a red hot griddle.


James Brown latterly appeared on stage looking heavily pregnant and with terrible hairdon'ts.


Don't forget- black folks also gots Condominium Reich and Eddie 'Pluto Nash' Murphy.

[Arrian]

Ming,

Your indulgence of Eyes is unseemly, particularly so given the Asher situation.

I know you have a little hero worship for Eyes that dates back to CivII, but seriously. Enough.

-Arrian

[Imran Siddiqui]

What's the evolutionary advantage of being white? I can see the advantage of being black in that you don't get sunburned as easily.

[BeBMan]

Better camouflage in snow and ice

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
What's the evolutionary advantage of being white?

The ability to go on Club Med or 18-30 holidays, get sunburnt, then develop picturesque melanomas.


More seriously, I 've heard it explained as a mutation that allows uptake of Vitamin D through the skin in cloudier climes Oop North.


Like Scandinavia.


Also, I've found that being as pale as milk gets me a lotta interest from South American guys and some hunky black guys too...

[Patroklos]

We don't get beat up by the cops.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Arrian
Ming,

Your indulgence of Eyes is unseemly, particularly so given the Asher situation.

I know you have a little hero worship for Eyes that dates back to CivII, but seriously. Enough.

-Arrian

True

I was about to post something similar in the Asher banned thread, but then decided not to bother. Now I see that others feel the same.

[Ninot]

I'm with Ralph and Arrian

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
What's the evolutionary advantage of being white? I can see the advantage of being black in that you don't get sunburned as easily.

Exactly! To determine whether to be of one group or another is good or bad purely on such a minimalist standard as "evolutionary advantage" is inane. It grossly diminishes, even denigrates the wonderful, beautiful diversity of humanity.

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by MrFun


Exactly! To determine whether to be of one group or another is good or bad purely on such a minimalist standard as "evolutionary advantage" is inane. It grossly diminishes, even denigrates the wonderful, beautiful diversity of humanity.

Denigrates? Isn't that the "turning white"-part?

[Thue]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
What's the evolutionary advantage of being white? I can see the advantage of being black in that you don't get sunburned as easily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection

[Agathon]

I don't think either thread should be closed, whatever the intentions of the original poster.

I've always thought that questions like this raised interesting ethical issues, particularly with regard to designer children. You can be sure that people in the future will probably be able to select the skin colour of their children and perhaps their sexual orientation as well.

Given our current prejudices and the assumption that people would be free to choose in such cases, it is an interesting dilemma.

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by Agathon


White people are just kinda... lame...

Wrong.