on 30-06-2013 05:02 PM
Is true equality attainable or in fact desirable?
on 30-06-2013 05:31 PM
So this is about people too old to retain a position of any importance and let the younger generation take charge.
This is about the vying for ''Equality", something that is unattainable and indeed undesireable.
So who do you want to be equal with?
on 30-06-2013 05:32 PM
Equality means you have the right to have or can have what others do. It means you have the option or choice granted to others. You don't have to choose it but equality grants you that right. Not everyone wants to be a corporate CEO or ruthless career climber.
on 30-06-2013 05:35 PM
I want everyone to be equal. The question is who don't you want to have equal rights?
on 30-06-2013 05:36 PM
Obviously, there will never be a society where absolutely everybody is equal; plainly people are not totally equal, BUT everybody should have equal opportunity to achieve the best they can. For that to happen some people may need a leg up. Child with some learning problems may need extra help, and with that help would hopefully become a productive member of society; without a help may end up illiterate and unemployable.
CEO will never be paid the same wage as a cleaner, but people doing the same job should be all paid equally, regardless of sex. In that case equality is definitely attainable&desirable.
And people should have the same rights, regardless of sexual orientation, and in the case of right to get married, equality is also definitely attainable&desirable - after all it has been already attained in many countries around the world.
on 30-06-2013 05:38 PM
Those choices are available to all if the want to compete for them.
You can have what I have , all you have to is is put in some effort 🙂
Or would you prefer that it was just granted to you gratis?
on 30-06-2013 05:40 PM
i ask again "who do you want to be equal to?"
on 30-06-2013 05:40 PM
Who are you talking about. I'm not sure which "group" you mean. If its marriage equality they and their supporters sure as hell are putting in the hard yards - have been struggling for decades and certainly are still struggling to be "handed it on a platter".
on 30-06-2013 05:42 PM
I've answered this before on one of Bob's threads so - White male aged anywhere between 18- 50, born to wealth (with connections) with no disabilities or criminal history and possessed of good looks
on 30-06-2013 05:48 PM
I've answered this before on one of Bob's threads so - White male aged anywhere between 18- 50, born to wealth (with connections) with no disabilities or criminal history and possessed of good looks
If you believe in equality and the above is what you consider the standard then would you like to see everyone equal to that standard?
You would achieve you goal but it would be short lived 1 generation and then oblivion[
on 30-06-2013 05:50 PM
I'd like everyone to treat others like they would treat that person.