Posted by:

Gecko

on November 20, 2006 at 13:38:06:

For example, the statement, “All [people] are created equal.” is certainly false. I am stronger than some people and some people are certainly stronger than I, so the strength of all people clearly is not equal. The supposed meaning of this statement is that all people have equal rights under the law, but this is also false. All our children have a right to an adequate education, but those in some schools are never really taught to write while those in other schools are. We all have a right to vote, but most drunkards, drug addicts and street people never actually do vote. So the abstract right is really quite different than the actual ability to accomplish the action that right protects.

You can’t compare apples to potatoes.

Physical strength is relative…just because Frank can say bench press xxx lbs and I can only press xx lbs, doesn’t mean that he is “stronger” than I am if we are pressing in proportion to our bodies.

Children ARE “taught” equally, they just don’t “learn” equally…for some, learning is easy, for others it is difficult. You also have to consider that even with the finest of available education, some children don’t WANT to learn…so the point is moot.

I frankly don’t understand the whole “voting” thing…I know a lot of people who don’t drink or do drug and who have homes who don’t vote. I don’t think that requiring registration or an address is a violation of anyone’s “rights”…it’s simply common sense. If I don’t have to register or have an address, what is to keep me from traveling around to various voting places and violating other people’s rights by voting more than once?

The point here is that equality in the abstract is no assurance of fair treatment. Which means just because we may be equal in the abstract, in truth some people get a vastly better deal in America than others, and some people, in truth, do not get as bad a deal as they pretend.

There are a lot of things in life that aren’t “fair”, but that does NOT mean that a person is not treated equal.

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