[MD] Free Speech

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk>:

> Platt Holden stated to Arlo November 25th:
> 
> >An example of why I like Friedman's intellect:
> >
> >"Milton Friedman taught that "the substitution of contract arrangements for 
> >status
> >arrangements was the first step toward the freeing of the serfs in the 
> >Middle Ages."
> >He cautioned against set prices. "The high rate of unemployment among 
> >teenagers,
> >and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of 
> >social
> >unrest. Yet it is largely a result of minimum-wage laws." Those laws are 
> >"one of
> >the most, if not the most, anti-black laws on the statute books." -- column 
> >by
> >William F. Buckley
> 
> Ant McWatt comments:
> 
> Great send-up about white racism and employment there, Platt.  I've 
> sometimes had my doubts but I knew you had a secret Bill Hicks hiding in 
> you.  I'm not sure I can reach such a high standard of ironic humour but 
> I'll give it a go.
> 
> Another "Buckley type of reason" is that black teenagers are unemployed 
> because their drug of choice is cannabis (which de-motivates users) rather 
> than alcohol (as preferred by white teenagers).

Is this a Bill Hicks special?
 
> Or how about this "Buckley" type classic?
> 
> Black teenagers have higher rates of unemployment than other social groups 
> because of health and safety reasons.  If an office or warehouse has a power 
> cut, a black teenager will be more difficult to see than a white person and 
> due to their youthful energy will be more of a collision hazard.  Therefore, 
> it is reasonable for the average employer to choose older people of a 
> lighter skin because they would be easier to see in such a situation 
> (especially businesses without back-up generators or those businesses 
> involved in mining).

Another Bill Hicks twist?

> 
> Or how about this other "health and safety reason"?
> 
> Black teenagers shouldn't be employed in the catering industry as it's more 
> difficult for an employer to see if they are clean enough to handle food.  
> Moreover, because they are still growing, they will have larger appetites 
> and will therefore be more likely to eat the company's food while working 
> than older people.

Where did you get these "Buckley type" parodies? I suppose you think they are
somehow indicative of the real William F. Buckley, although any resemblance
could only exist in leftist's twisted mind.  

> >You won't find many "intellects" in academe opposed to the minimum wage 
> >law.
> 
> Another line of wisdom from Platt Holden, man of universal compassion and 
> selflessness.  Looks like I better re-think using my Milton Friedman book 
> "How Margaret Thatcher and I buggered-up the British Quality of Life in the 
> late 20th century" as a door stop!

Yes, you better. 

Best regards,
Platt

> P.S. You avoided Arlo's point about relativism, btw.

He had no point. He said, "Relativism. No?" I answered, "No."




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