That is the best video I've seen all year. It matches my points exactly.
Some questions on that video:
klaff, your response is appreciated, but do be aware; TwoOfFive is still a teenager (16?) and has no concept of most of the things you mentioned. It's entirely no surprise that he loved that video - it played right into his immaturity. Frankly, I'm a little concerned that the other engineers in this thread (who you might expect to be mature adults) share his perspective almost to a T.
edit: Including Dave, apparently
Don't underestimate me.
That big load of crap I posted was in a rush, I had like 30 minutes until I had to go somewhere.
I have a heavy and full grasp at all concepts at play here, and it is honestly insulting that you dismiss my arguments as childish and invalid strictly due to my age. If anything, the one form of discrimination I know about is ageism. I have been underestimated and pushed aside all my life, and will likely continue to be by people older or younger than me. It's something that I have dealt with, and I know what that sort of bullshit discrimination is like.
This, however, is something that serves to prove my point. You dismiss other people's opinions as being invalid just because they aren't yours. You go out of your way to find some sort of excuse as to why our opinions don't count, and how it is so worrying that we have them.
To insult me, and to even offend me is not an easy task by any means, and when it does happen I normally keep a level head, but your absolute disregard for what me and everybody who shares my opinion has to say is truly offensive.
As for the true and proper topic at hand, I believe that what she has to say is wrong. I think it's stupid, and I think it's possibly even damaging, but my solution to that is to debate the ideas. I admit to not giving enough of a shit to put the proper time into researching this specific topic to the degree I should have, and for that I apologize.
In every debate I have, I always find good points in what people say, and attempt to resolve the background that results in that statement. There are good arguments and points made here by both people, and I completely understand the mindset and opinion on how specific groups for so long have had advantages over others. My personal approach for it's resolution which involves my personal actions is to attempt to right the wrongs of my ancestors by being for policies and programs that give people who to this day don't have the money and resources to do what they want to do. My gripe is against people who try to forcibly change or smolder people's opinions to their own perfect world ideology.
Now I must eat dinner.