It is most un-American to characterize people by group labels.  Everybody is supposed to be as equal.  The Constitution only says that we all have equal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  That is not the same as being equal.  We really must face the fact that many people are stupid, incompetent, or downright wicked. 

A system set up on the false premise that all people are equally good and honest is sure to fail–for the facts of the matter are that we are not all equally good and honest.  A system that works has to account for stupid, incompetent, and wicked behaviour by some people, some of the time. 

These arrogant reflections are prompted by a report that Marathon Mining has been suspended for dumping uranium exploration waste in a wilderness area of South Australia.  Now that is stupid, incompetent, and downright wicked. 

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