Originally Posted by JumpinJesus

I understand the point you're trying to make, but it's a false point.

If two people - let's say, oh, a black man and a white man - are in a race and the white man takes a tire iron and beats the hell out of the black man and continues running while the black man is hospitalized and recovers and the white man then claims, "He's now just as healthy as me and has every opportunity to win this race as me!" the race is still not a fair race.

In order to make it right, and a truly fair race, the white man would have to be severely beaten with a tire iron to an extent that his injuries are comparable, or be forced to sit out an equal amount of time that the black man was out of the race.

If it's a relay race, the next baton carrier can say, "I didn't beat him. It's not my fault he's so far back," all he wants - he's still ahead because the black man had the holy hell beaten out of him and the win will not be fair, no matter how much the white man whines about it.

That is after all, what this is all about, isn't it?