Ok you guys/ladies. How many times out of 100 would a person be wrong A$$uming that it was the case.If you were wrong 66 times then you must be right 33 times.If your batting average was .333 you would be an allstar.So,if you a$$umed that everytime then by percentage alone you would be an allstar !!!!
So your in the 9th inning and there are 2 out ,bases loaded,down 3 runs,winning run comes to the plate,I would like to think that the guy has ATLEAST a .333 batting avg......wouldn't you !!!

To stop derailing the Medicvet thread - Sorry, Being right 33 times doesn't cut it for me, and isn't good enough - and as long as people continue to accept that as good enough, the world has a hard time changing. If your child came home from school and had gotten 33 out of 100 questions right on an exam, would you reward them? Nope, they just failed. To me, same situation here.

I have very little tolerance for prejudice, stereotyping, racism, etc... - for any race, color, disability, whatever - Until each one of us tries to take ownership of the issue for ourselves, and make the changes we want to see in the world, we only perpetuate the problem, and become a part of it.

Stereotypes:

A "stereotype" is a generalization about a person or group of persons. We develop stereotypes when we are unable or unwilling to obtain all of the information we would need to make fair judgments about people or situations. In the absence of the "total picture," stereotypes in many cases allow us to "fill in the blanks." Our society often innocently creates and perpetuates stereotypes, but these stereotypes often lead to unfair discrimination and persecution when the stereotype is unfavorable.

Stereotypes also evolve out of fear of persons from minority groups. For example, many people have the view of a person with mental illness as someone who is violence-prone. This conflicts with statistical data, which indicate that persons with mental illness tend to be no more prone to violence than the general population. Perhaps the few, but well-publicized, isolated cases of mentally ill persons going on rampages have planted the seed of this myth about these persons. This may be how some stereotypes developed in the first place; a series of isolated behaviors by a member of a group which was unfairly generalized to be viewed as a character of all members of that group.

When we judge people and groups based on our prejudices and stereotypes and treat them differently, we are engaging in discrimination. This discrimination can take many forms. We may create subtle or overt pressures which will discourage persons of certain minority groups from living in a neighborhood. Women and minorities have been victimized by discrimination in employment, education, and social services. We may shy away from people with a history of mental illness because we are afraid they may harm us. Women and minorities are often excluded from high echelon positions in the business world. Many clubs have restrictive membership policies which do not permit Jews, African-Americans, women, and others to join.

Understanding the nature of prejudice, scapegoating, stereotypes, and discrimination is the first step in combating these practices. All of us have prejudices about members of groups different from ourselves. We should, however, recognize that we are not acting fairly if we treat people differently because of these stereotypes and prejudices. Each one of us deserves to be considered a unique human being.

Source: http://www.remember.org/guide/History.root.stereotypes.html

Bravo suz.

...and when I was a server I always put the check down on the table in the middle unless a hand came out for it or I was specifically asked to give it to someone.