Or you could be like Maniac and let Mommy Krellin call her out for you.

I believe I used that exact same reference right after I said "Observe and collect". :-)

@bo - I could. But if Krellin said "Draugnar says..." she would be able to figure it out from my email address. :-)

Just show her your old OKC account.

Meh... I need to clean that up too. Not interested any more now that the wife and I have done the counseling thing and life has gotten better.

And you got a Brazzers account.

I thought you said you were going to DeVry. Isn't that a technical school?

What the hell are they doing letting women even teach there?

Free pr0n is easy to come by. Why would I pay?

www.porntube.com

I woulda gone the mistress route either way.

DeVry is not a technical school. In fact, DeVry owns Keller School of Management, a well respected MBA program school. DeVry is a business oriented school so no degrees in fine arts or world lit or such, and no sports teams, but it is a school for people who want a real life applicable Bachelor's degree.

DeVry used to be called DeVry Technical Institute. I wasn't calling its reputation into question as much as trying to make a sexist comment about female profs at a technical school. You know, for the irony, considering the thread topic.

Wow, even I am surprised at #2.

Answer the question, list all the reasons why a socialist system "might be" the best (she is well within her rights to ask this) and then, after you've mentioned the reasons, if you feel otherwise, I'm sure you can provide an eloquent argument as to why you feel that way.

She can't downgrade you because you disagree with her, especially if you make it clear you understand the material while at the same time pointing out the reasons why it's wrong. Does that make sense?

Can I ask what class this is?

@Draug

Please don't be that obnoxious old guy in school that everyone hates.

TOO LATE

#SHOTSFIRED

I'm curious, abge, if you are serious? My hope is that he doesn't take on the typical role of modern youth: Close your mouth and be a good sheep, ignore right and wrong as you know it and accept the brain-washing of the professor, who by no means has any personal agenda <rolls eyes...>

What Draug has described is actually *very* disturbing...a professor ignoring all the men in the class. Were the situation reversed, some feminist in the class would already have it on the local news...seriously!

So I hope Draug *is* the old guy in class that teaches the youth/sheep that it is OK to stand up for what is right, even as a white guy...

Well hang on now, we don't have enough information to know how much brainwashing is going on. It could be a class section about comparative government or some such. Maybe there are documented reasons that the professor feels socialist systems do better in emergency situations.

Emphasis on maybe. I'd like a bit more detail before I crucify the lady.

sexism is an institutional phenomenon perpetuated of power structures throughout society. 1 woman is hardly an institutional force.

I am reading the assignment now. Hopefully it will make more sense when I'm finished with the reading as well as the lecture.

lol

did i just wander into tumblr or something

Mendax must be one of the apologists for black racists as well. Sorry Mendax, but sexism and racism are individual actions and should never be tolerated from *anyone*.

Please do give us your thoughts on the reading, Draug. I'm quite interested.

Three chapters plus a lecture. It's a lot of reading, but I will give you my insights, as biased as they may be as well, when I complete the reading.

Sexism and racism are individual actions, except when they are not.

Skipping racism for now, I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that sexism is purely an individual action. With women making, what is it, 70 cents on the dollar that men make, that would be a hell of a coincidence if it was all just due to individual sexists across the board. With that many millions of people to draw the statistics from, it seems clear to me that sexism is still an institution in this country.

It was half in jest. I just thought it was funny that Draug found some horrible injustice to complain about the first week of class.

Obviously, if this continues, he should speak up. One instance is a bit hard to be sure of anything. Honestly, I've seen rosters that arrange students by gender and since F comes before M, the Prof. may have just been going down the list.

@YJ - I was just pointing out that mendax seems to think if it isn't institutional or majority against minority, it isn't an "ism". And that simply isn't true. DiscriminTion can be institutional or individual and individual discrimination can be minority against majority and is just as unjustified, immoral, and disgusting as typical majority against minority discrimination. Being part of an oppressed group does not grant one carte blanche to treat others bad.

Oh, well I agree with you 100% on that.

Ignoring the big issue here because everyone seems to have already said that it does seem sexist, you should wait a little while to make sure and then call her out, etc., I'll move on to the issue with question two. Why is there anything wrong with the second question? You're taking a class that seems focused on comparing socialism and capitalism, and I think that means you should be able to argue why socialism *might* be better in a certain situation. She could just as easily have asked you why capitalism might be better, but odds are that she knows 90% of you will give that answer in the first question and wants to see that you can argue both sides of the issue.

Anyway, good luck with school and all that. /drunkenghugramblings

The class is introduction to business. The question males the presumption that socialism is better at dealing with major disasters. Not may be better but is better. That is a biased question.

Read the question again. It is "why *is* socialism better..." and not "Why might socialism be better...". Do you not see the inherent bias now?