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   Gerry Quinn to All   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   28 Nov 08 15:55:03   
   
   From: gerryq@indigo.ie   
      
   In article , ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com says...   
   > In article <5rd006-ok2.ln1@mail-news.jamver.id.au>,   
   >  Aqua  wrote:   
   =   
   > > I'm not surprised he was put in the dog-house.  It's not so much the   
   > > speech itself, it's the thought "He was saying this to a ... diversity   
   > > conference ...??????" while I'm reading.   
   >   
   > The speech was given at the NBER, so I would expect the audience to be   
   > mostly economists.   
      
   Interesting that the thought of making it to a diversity conference is   
   considered so outre, though.  There are some thoughts the diversity   
   community is unprepared to handle?   
      
   - Gerry Quinn   
      
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