Comments on: Words of Wisdom for Tazer Victim http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/ "Let that be a lesson to you, boys and girls. Don't ever argue with the Big Dog because the Big Dog is always right" Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:25:29 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ft. Hard Knox » links for 2007-09-20 http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-21545 Ft. Hard Knox » links for 2007-09-20 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:26:07 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/#comment-21545 [...] Words of Wisdom for Tazer Victim We can have a civil discussion about whether he should have been shocked but the fact is, he was and the bottom line is, he was responsible for his actions. [...] [...] Words of Wisdom for Tazer Victim We can have a civil discussion about whether he should have been shocked but the fact is, he was and the bottom line is, he was responsible for his actions. [...]

]]> By: Schatz http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-21541 Schatz Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:50:36 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/#comment-21541 Kender - I am so glad you noticed that and brought it up. I just recently was filling out some forms and came across that same situation. Now, I have studied some anthropology but only from a forensic perspective so I'm not an expert here but aren't "ethnicity" and "race" different things? Ethnicity is defined as "ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association." That's very arbitrary - I may choose to make my allegiance or association with any ethnic group and therefore consider myself as one of them? Race, however, has traditionally been determined using physical characteristics (in anthropology it would be facial shape, eye shape, brow ridge structure, nasal opening width, etc.) to group people of common ancestry together. (dictionary version - a group of persons related by common descent or heredity; any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.). Based on this form, we either choose allegiance and association with Hispanics or not. That's your ethnic background. Period. Why are they the only ethnicity represented? There are virtually hundreds of "ethic groups" throughout the world but they are the only ones that matter? I am very offended by that, personally. And as far as Race, again speaking from an anthropologic standpoint, there are only really three races: Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid (no offense meant to anyone - these are the terms that have been traditionally used to describe the physical differences based on various measurements/observations over time). However, the forms have like six races to choose from. I think someone in the form-making business is confused. Or maybe it's just me... Kender – I am so glad you noticed that and brought it up. I just recently was filling out some forms and came across that same situation. Now, I have studied some anthropology but only from a forensic perspective so I’m not an expert here but aren’t “ethnicity” and “race” different things? Ethnicity is defined as “ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association.”
That’s very arbitrary – I may choose to make my allegiance or association with any ethnic group and therefore consider myself as one of them?

Race, however, has traditionally been determined using physical characteristics (in anthropology it would be facial shape, eye shape, brow ridge structure, nasal opening width, etc.) to group people of common ancestry together. (dictionary version – a group of persons related by common descent or heredity; any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.).

Based on this form, we either choose allegiance and association with Hispanics or not. That’s your ethnic background. Period. Why are they the only ethnicity represented? There are virtually hundreds of “ethic groups” throughout the world but they are the only ones that matter? I am very offended by that, personally.

And as far as Race, again speaking from an anthropologic standpoint, there are only really three races: Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid (no offense meant to anyone – these are the terms that have been traditionally used to describe the physical differences based on various measurements/observations over time). However, the forms have like six races to choose from.

I think someone in the form-making business is confused. Or maybe it’s just me…

]]> By: Douglas V. Gibbs http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-21534 Douglas V. Gibbs Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:45:55 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/#comment-21534 "Take the ass-woopin', not the taser", that is one of the funniest pieces of advice I have heard. “Take the ass-woopin’, not the taser”, that is one of the funniest pieces of advice I have heard.

]]> By: kender http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-21530 kender Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:17:33 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/words-of-wisdom-for-tazer-victim/#comment-21530 notice the ethnicity on the police report is marked as "Not of Hispanic Origin?" So now we are either of hispanic origin or not? notice the ethnicity on the police report is marked as “Not of Hispanic Origin?” So now we are either of hispanic origin or not?

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