[Chancellor]

Quote by: Jimmy the Pro Disagree with you Os. Being equal means equal oppertunity and equal responsibility.

I'm sure you meant equal opportunity.

I do not favor affrimative action because it ignores the part of equal responsibility, however I believe it is up to the government to somehow find a way that everyone should have equal oppertunity.

Why is it the government's responsibility to ensure everyone has exactly the same opportunities?

Sure you can tell me that everyone has "rights" and "Constitutional protection" but without quality education there is no income, with no income there is no affordable living, without affordable living there is the streets, and on the streets I see no oppertunity.

Please tell me that you don't think these government indoctrination centers (public schools) are "quality education." Again, why is it the government's responsibility to make sure everyone gets a "quality education" (whatever that's supposed to mean)?

In courts when I see a poor african american family using a public defender with tons of cases and just putting this one at the back of his mind and trying to settle and not win then the prosecutor with his high dollar attorney looking to press charges and seek jail time, I don't see equal oppertunity.

First of all, is the family African or is it American? Second, what does the family's economic status have to do with a member of that family being on trial because of a crime he or she committed? Also, the prosecutor is an attorney and he works for the government and represents "the people."

I'll agree with you there is no equal responsibility, fine, affirmative action as it stands is not okay with me, however living without equal oppertunity does not. Our government should be doing something to eradicate the lack of equal oppertunity, and as citizens, so should we.

Why does opportunity have to be equal? As long as you don't have one group of Americans trying to prevent another group of Americans from taking advantage of existing opportunities, why does it matter whether one person happens to have more opportunities than another (because of such things as the willingness to apply oneself, etc.)?