1. Bennet's comments ("But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down...That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down") is clearly built on the assumption that there is a racial type ("black") which has a genetic propensity to commit more crime. I really don't see anything other way to intrepret his comments.
2. The sensible thing for the SPD to do would be to form a coalition government with the Greens and rely on the Left Party for support. Of course, this would require them to admit that the reason they've done so poorly (and the Left has done comparatively well) is that their "reforms" are unpopular. Seeming that Merkel is offering more of the same, but harsher, the SPD is engaging in a slow suicide. Those who support the reforms will go the way the Christian Democrats, those who oppose it will go the way of the Left Party. So why would anyone want to vote SPD?
3. Of course. The difficulty that all religions face is that making absolute metaphysical claims means that pluralism by definition is negated.
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1. Bennet's comments ("But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down...That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down") is clearly built on the assumption that there is a racial type ("black") which has a genetic propensity to commit more crime. I really don't see anything other way to intrepret his comments.
2. The sensible thing for the SPD to do would be to form a coalition government with the Greens and rely on the Left Party for support. Of course, this would require them to admit that the reason they've done so poorly (and the Left has done comparatively well) is that their "reforms" are unpopular. Seeming that Merkel is offering more of the same, but harsher, the SPD is engaging in a slow suicide. Those who support the reforms will go the way the Christian Democrats, those who oppose it will go the way of the Left Party. So why would anyone want to vote SPD?
3. Of course. The difficulty that all religions face is that making absolute metaphysical claims means that pluralism by definition is negated.