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[David Honig]

At 11:33 PM 12/10/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, David Honig wrote:
>> Merit is inevitably judged by "somebody else".  And discriminating
>> on the basis of merit is tautologically discriminatory.
>
>Actually 'merit' isn't. Merit is measured in a meritocracy by the efficacy
>of the solution. That's a TECHNICAL measure, not emotional or social.

But who is the judge of the value of various measures? 


>Discrimination is inherently ILLOGICAL (ie emotional), which puts it in
>direct odds with the concept of 'merit'.

No, you're taking the PC distortion of the word.  Without discrimination
(of food vs. poison, or good vs. bad behavior for instance) you are dead.

Keep your immune system up.