I was thinking about Fitnah and how he/she was saying not supporting a Mosque building is unpatriotic which I still don't get. At any rate I was thinking about it and it seems to me that not supporting it means more of a religious bias or discrimination then I wondered if there is such a thing as legal discrimination? I mean we all have a bias towards something right? But its against the law to discriminate based on your bias. So I wondered is there anything that people legally discriminate about?

Yes.
It's called affirmative action.

I think it occurs often.

In a sense - when you are accepting students into an institution based upon SAT's - well, you're discriminating aren't you?

Technically, discrimination is something that we use with every decision that we make. As for discrimination in race or religion terms, it depends on one's race or religion.

Thanks Pat


The term "affirmative action" originated in the United States, and first appeared in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925. The term was used to refer to measures to achieve non-discrimination. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 which required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to hire without regard to race, religion and national origin. In 1968, gender was added to the anti-discrimination list.[3] Matching procedures in other countries are also known as reservation in India, positive discrimination in the United Kingdom and employment equity in Canada.

Affirmative action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I guess other countries practice legal discrimination too.

So that kind is based on Intelligence, which makes sense, I mean I guess I don't think that is wrong but maybe it is.

Discrimmination is discrimination....I guess there are degrees.

It's not based on intelligence per se...but merit.

Yeah I was thinking there's religious discrimination which is probably what Fitnah experiences, but then I thought everyone I think of will say they are discriminated against. My good buddy at work is gay and he's mad because of the prop 8 discrimination, and then there's a very large lady at my work and she has issues about fat people discrimination, and when I drifted on and on everyone I thought of felt discriminated against. LOL

Ok but if you clearly beat me in SAT's and your the smarter person, why should I get ahead of you with some legal discrimination card I can throw in the mix?

Almost everyone I know feels cheated about one thing or the other. It's one of the primary causes of human misery that I know of.