Prometheus 6: I guess Black Americans would be worth 30 points

Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same

A Good Cause or Two

Click for more info

The Best of P6

The Racism Series The Reparations Series Installing a negro in your head Identity Blogging Where We Stand The LimbaughDiscussion That has Nothing To Do With Limbaugh

Updated when I write something really cool

Local Links

The Attack on Civil Rights Corporate Influence on Government The Development of Race Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Blogger Archives

EMAIL ME AT

Archives

June 13, 2004 - June 19, 2004 June 06, 2004 - June 12, 2004 May 30, 2004 - June 05, 2004 May 23, 2004 - May 29, 2004 May 16, 2004 - May 22, 2004 May 09, 2004 - May 15, 2004 May 02, 2004 - May 08, 2004 April 25, 2004 - May 01, 2004 April 18, 2004 - April 24, 2004 April 11, 2004 - April 17, 2004 April 04, 2004 - April 10, 2004 March 28, 2004 - April 03, 2004 March 21, 2004 - March 27, 2004 March 14, 2004 - March 20, 2004 March 07, 2004 - March 13, 2004 February 29, 2004 - March 06, 2004 February 22, 2004 - February 28, 2004 February 15, 2004 - February 21, 2004 February 08, 2004 - February 14, 2004 February 01, 2004 - February 07, 2004 January 25, 2004 - January 31, 2004 January 18, 2004 - January 24, 2004 January 11, 2004 - January 17, 2004 January 11, 2004 - January 17, 2004 January 04, 2004 - January 10, 2004 December 28, 2003 - January 03, 2004 December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 December 14, 2003 - December 20, 2003 December 07, 2003 - December 13, 2003 November 30, 2003 - December 06, 2003 November 23, 2003 - November 29, 2003 November 16, 2003 - November 22, 2003 November 09, 2003 - November 15, 2003 November 02, 2003 - November 08, 2003 October 26, 2003 - November 01, 2003 October 19, 2003 - October 25, 2003 October 12, 2003 - October 18, 2003 October 05, 2003 - October 11, 2003 September 28, 2003 - October 04, 2003 September 21, 2003 - September 27, 2003 September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 September 07, 2003 - September 13, 2003 August 31, 2003 - September 06, 2003 August 24, 2003 - August 30, 2003 August 17, 2003 - August 23, 2003 August 10, 2003 - August 16, 2003 August 03, 2003 - August 09, 2003 July 27, 2003 - August 02, 2003 July 20, 2003 - July 26, 2003 July 13, 2003 - July 19, 2003 July 06, 2003 - July 12, 2003 June 29, 2003 - July 05, 2003 June 22, 2003 - June 28, 2003 June 15, 2003 - June 21, 2003 June 08, 2003 - June 14, 2003 June 01, 2003 - June 07, 2003 May 25, 2003 - May 31, 2003 May 18, 2003 - May 24, 2003 May 11, 2003 - May 17, 2003 May 04, 2003 - May 10, 2003 April 27, 2003 - May 03, 2003 April 20, 2003 - April 26, 2003 April 13, 2003 - April 19, 2003 April 06, 2003 - April 12, 2003

« Which is why Grover should pay for any memorials out of his own damn pocket | Main | Jesse's right »

June 11, 2004

I guess Black Americans would be worth 30 points

I learned of this astounding bit of xenophobia via Foreign Dispatches

Something that seems to be a part of many conversations, but rarely explicitly so, is the question: How many Americans should die in order to achieve the fill in the blank goal? A parallel is the question: What is the value of an American life as compared to the value of a non-American life [P6: emphasis added]

…There's also the issue of how exactly to put values on the different factors. For me, to paraphrase the commercial, to save my kids, priceless. For others, who knows? Perhaps some Nobel-winning economist or philosopher may have already written extensively on this and come up with some very well-thought out values. Absent that, and SOLELY for the sake of discussion, let's use the following values (which may change upon further reflection):

US citizen: 50 points

US military: 47.5 points

Citizen of a 'Friend of the US' country (England, Spain, Israel, for example): 25 points

Citizen of a 'Not acting like a friend, yet not totally hostile' country : (Germany and France, for example, and for the time being): 20 points

Citizen of a country that we just don't have a lot of experience with: 8 points

US Human shields: 5 points

Non US citizen human shield: 0 points (sorry, I just don't care)

Innocent (non-arms bearing) citizen of a hostile country: 4 points

Those wishing for the US to 'get its butt kicked' (Tom Robbins, Chrissie Hynde): 1/2 point each

Posted by P6 at June 11, 2004 01:36 PM
Trackback URL: http://www.niggerati.net/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2255
Comments

Not directly relevent, but here's a cartoon you might find exemplary

Posted by James R MacLean at June 12, 2004 03:12 PM

Bush's zero sum rationales will somehow balance this value defecit you've helped us envision, Prom6.

Posted by Mr.Murder at June 13, 2004 12:53 PM