I stand by my statement that you are only "being argumentative by deciding to use your personal ideas of what majority/minority means, then complaining when oth

I stand by my statement that you are only "being argumentative by deciding to use your personal ideas of what majority/minority means, then complaining when others use a different definition." If your proposal is what I think it is then, if not technically wrong, it is useless to the point where it can be discarded as a way to understand social issues. But as you haven't really given an idea of what your definition is, it's hard for me to really evaluate it. (How is it meaningful to say that the Althing is run by a minority?) The decades of literature on the topic has a largely coherent use of what "social minority" means, with much discussion on what it means, including highlighting the distinction between numerical and social minority. For example, quoting from the UN at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/MinorityRights_en.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/MinorityRights_e... : > In most instances a minority group will be a numerical minority, but in others a numerical majority may also find itself in a minority-like or non-dominant position, such as Blacks under the apartheid regime in South Africa. You are also correct that is it partially subjective. Again, quoting from that document: >It is often stressed that the existence of a minority is a question of fact and that any definition must include both objective factors (such as the existence of a shared ethnicity, language or religion) and subjective factors (including that individuals must identify themselves as members of a minority). and > The question often arises as to whether, for example, persons with disabilities, persons belonging to certain political groups or persons with a particular sexual orientation or identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersexual persons) constitute minorities. While the United Nations Minorities Declaration is devoted to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, it is also important to combat multiple discrimination and to address situations where a person belonging to a national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minority is also discriminated against on other grounds such as gender, disability or sexual orientation. and > Similarly to minorities, there is no universally accepted international definition of indigenous peoples. But that is true of almost every social grouping. What is "Christian"? That said, for the purposes of this census report, "minority" means "minorities as defined by the US government", and the definition is clear. Instead, you're pointing to ambiguities on the edges and interpreting it as a problem with the core, when by all that I can tell, it's mostly a lack of willingness on your part to understand the topic.