re unconventional peace proposal in article igc apc org center for policy research cpr igc apc org writes the idea of providing financial incentives to selected forms of partnership and marriage is not conventional however it is based on the concept of affirmative action which is recognized as a legitimate form of public policy to reverse the perverse effects of segregation and discrimination other people have already shown this to be a rediculous proposal however i wanted to point out that there are many people who do not think that affirmative action is a either intelligent or productive it is demeaning to those who it supposedly helps and it is discriminatory any proposal based on it is likely bunk as well adam adam shostack adam das harvard edu if we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors we sure wouldn t waste them on members of congress john perry barlow
