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Originally Posted by percy
Baraka,...my comments were tongue in cheek.
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Yes. Mine were too. 
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But as for Forbes, National Post et all have to say for her,...really. If daddy wasn't who he is, I would highly doubt we would even have a clue as to who she is or was.
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Maybe, maybe not. There are many high-profile men and women with unknown sons and daughters who haven't accomplished enough to have public profiles for themselves. There's a difference between opportunity and accomplishment. Although they certainly can be tied to each other, one does not rigidly dictate the other. Besides, I don't always like to play "what if" or "woulda, shoulda, coulda." She could very well have been the daughter of a coal miner and still have vaulted herself into the business community. I think your disdain for privilege is misplaced here; don't you have a Paris Hilton to despise?
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