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Are we all equal?
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Data_stalker
For Boston.
No, are not all equal at all. If we were, that means that the LAwyer that passes by you in his Bently Contenential GT on the highway is the same as the drug dealer down in the ghetto. Or that the kid who sits in the front of the class making the A Honor Roll is the same as Retard Bob who drools all the time. That shit is as wrong as fucking David Koresh. Like it or not, we have a caste system in effect no matter what. You got the rich, the middle class (broken into upper and lower) and lower lass, tand finally poverty. But slowly, the middle class is dissapearing, you're either rich or poor.
So no one is equal, and they never have been.
So no one is equal, and they never have been.
Shark_the_raptor
I'm in love with a pizza.
No, we are all not equal. Our human rights are, but not us individually.
supercutefurri58
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that's right i mean srsly just look at all those earthquakes.
Adelio Altomar
Rat-Sized Superiority Complex
Yes, we are and no, we aren't.
We're equal in the sense that we are human. That we feel, love, laugh, learn, have emotions, and all that other stuff you can hear about in movies. We're not better than anyone else.
But I do agree with the contribution to society. There are some good points you post out there.
We're equal in the sense that we are human. That we feel, love, laugh, learn, have emotions, and all that other stuff you can hear about in movies. We're not better than anyone else.
But I do agree with the contribution to society. There are some good points you post out there.
An Sionnach Rua
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Humans are very diverse, and therefore cannot be "equal". However, we are fundamentally equal. In reality, no human is "better" or "worse" than any other. Besides, there are far too many parameters. Everyone's good in some ways and bad in others.
The problem with your "contribution to society" argument is that many would disagree on what constitutes a contribution, and besides, societies are a diverse as the people that make them up, and are changing all the time.
In society we are not very "equal" at all, what with the caste system. Equal under the law? Yeah right.
But remember - all men die the same.
The problem with your "contribution to society" argument is that many would disagree on what constitutes a contribution, and besides, societies are a diverse as the people that make them up, and are changing all the time.
In society we are not very "equal" at all, what with the caste system. Equal under the law? Yeah right.
But remember - all men die the same.
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RainsongGryphon
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As the resident lifeform that pokes brains with sticks and documents the reactions, I'd have to say an absolute resounding no.
I've seen the examples of rich/poor, muscley/frail, smart/dumb, etc. and really life's very purpose is to mindlessly throw *EVERYTHING* out there and keep what lives on and reproduces.
Actually, not even there. There are the odd few with touch/nerve disorders, flat affect, muteness, mental disorders that annul emotions, etc. Far as I can tell, the ONLY thing the entire human species has in common is the DNA to breed more humans.
I've seen the examples of rich/poor, muscley/frail, smart/dumb, etc. and really life's very purpose is to mindlessly throw *EVERYTHING* out there and keep what lives on and reproduces.
Actually, not even there. There are the odd few with touch/nerve disorders, flat affect, muteness, mental disorders that annul emotions, etc. Far as I can tell, the ONLY thing the entire human species has in common is the DNA to breed more humans.
An Sionnach Rua
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I had expected to see a George Orwell quote by now.
"Equality" is just a moral construction.
I know plenty of people are worse or better than me in any measurable way, but I'm happy to regard them as equals (legally and morally) if it means I can expect to be treated as an equal in return.
Belief in "equality" is one of the interesting ways humans manage to live together without constantly massacring and enslaving each other.
I know plenty of people are worse or better than me in any measurable way, but I'm happy to regard them as equals (legally and morally) if it means I can expect to be treated as an equal in return.
Belief in "equality" is one of the interesting ways humans manage to live together without constantly massacring and enslaving each other.
Le_Démon_Sans_Visage
evolution's cruelest joke
If you're talking about the Constitution, it's very clear that it meant that all humans are to be treated equally under the law, not that everyone is born with equivalent abilities.
Of course, then the FUN part is deciding what constitutes human.
Of course, then the FUN part is deciding what constitutes human.
Bambi
Joined 2008 - Returned 2022
Here are my thoughts on the issue:
Are we are equal? If we all came from exactly the same parents, experienced exactly the same circumstances, and we're born exactly the same, then we'd all be equal.
With that stated, we're not all equal -- but everyone is at least deserving of some form of respect.
Are we are equal? If we all came from exactly the same parents, experienced exactly the same circumstances, and we're born exactly the same, then we'd all be equal.
With that stated, we're not all equal -- but everyone is at least deserving of some form of respect.
E-mannor
Prisoner 655321
equality, the concept is finite, while because everyone is not exactly the same obviously everyone is not equal.
Equal rights is also (in my opinion) total BS, because of corrupt government officials, large quantities of money, and double standards.
but when it all gets down to it a hit could be put out on any of you for $2000 so in a cosmic sort of way your lives are worth the same irregardless.
Equal rights is also (in my opinion) total BS, because of corrupt government officials, large quantities of money, and double standards.
but when it all gets down to it a hit could be put out on any of you for $2000 so in a cosmic sort of way your lives are worth the same irregardless.
ExTo
Under the sea, near heat vents
We're not equal, but the important thing is how we use our potential. Some extremely gifted people can waste all their "talent" (though personally, I don't believe talent is a real concept anyway) whereas even some born with mental disabilities like trisomia 21 can lead great lives (not long ago I heard of a girl with that disease who turned out as a successful writer, of all things, and she expressed herself so well you'd never have guessed anything at all).
FrisbeeRolf
Waiting to get thin again
I see the value of a person's soul as greater than their deeds, as my God does. By the worldly categorization, no we aren't all equal, but maybe there is more to life than becoming famous.
Slayn
bang your head.
no one is trully equall we are all like snowflakes, no two are the same so lets say bob has a desk job he has never had any amazing acheviments and he lives and dies without much contribution to society. On the other hand you could have chuck a star athelete with smarts about biodiesels and one day made many his idol and found an alternative to gasoline. Chuck is far higher than bob, but it is true in the other sense that we are all human and we all feel yet one person can do their best and acheive more than many people.
ExTo
Under the sea, near heat vents
Eeersh... I guess that depends on one's point of view, but what you say here comes to me as "If you're 'good' at birth, whatever you do, God will be a-okay about that. If you're 'bad' at birth, whatever you do to 'atone', God will smite you with great fury". ._.
I think that people even out to be equal, as in good at one thing, bad at another, but someone has skill to make up for that bad part.
Like...Good at drawing - Bad at writing.
Where someone could have Bad at drawing - Good at writing.
Some have both, but lack in another skill. So I think it just evens out to be equal, or nearly.
After all, everyone is different.
Like...Good at drawing - Bad at writing.
Where someone could have Bad at drawing - Good at writing.
Some have both, but lack in another skill. So I think it just evens out to be equal, or nearly.
After all, everyone is different.
Data_stalker
For Boston.
I'm good at drawing and writing o.o
But when it comes to laws and such, as someone posted out there, no, we are not equal there either. illegal immigrants much?
But when it comes to laws and such, as someone posted out there, no, we are not equal there either. illegal immigrants much?
WOLFIE DA FOX
I AM DA PHOX HERO!
Society makes us think we are all not equal but eh well it depends :/
way too many stigmas
way too many stigmas
Renton Whitetail
Friendly Mod
I think the idea of being equal is different in context. Some people may think we're equal in one aspect, because we're all beings that unite together as one on a thriving planet. However, from another aspect, we are not all made to be exactly equal. Like Slayn mentioned earlier, each of us are like snowflakes, for no two people are exactly alike in how they think, reason, create and function in life. Can you imagine if everyone on earth was exactly the same in physical appearance, personality, diet and ways of living? I'm not sure if I could, because that idea would be very boring.
Everyone has their own flaws and have specific talents or skills that can be useful in contribution to help make our world a better place to live and thrive upon. Like Kirai_Kainashi said, some of us are good at one thing and not so great at another (some are even good at both), and all this can even out into an equal balance, thereby perhaps making us equal.
In one way, we're not equal because we don't have the same opinions, values and ideas to share with everyone else, and we're not made to look exactly the same or function in the exact same manner; yet we're equal because who we are as people has kept the world in a stable and natural balance for a very long time, and I believe this will continue until the end of time.
Everyone has their own flaws and have specific talents or skills that can be useful in contribution to help make our world a better place to live and thrive upon. Like Kirai_Kainashi said, some of us are good at one thing and not so great at another (some are even good at both), and all this can even out into an equal balance, thereby perhaps making us equal.
In one way, we're not equal because we don't have the same opinions, values and ideas to share with everyone else, and we're not made to look exactly the same or function in the exact same manner; yet we're equal because who we are as people has kept the world in a stable and natural balance for a very long time, and I believe this will continue until the end of time.
Data_stalker
For Boston.
Dyluck
hi ilu :>
No, I'm good at everything.