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The things we wear on the outside are the things that make us "equal", I suppose...If there was any sense in that....What I mean to say is that material things and the rules set out by our government are what makes us equals...
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I would disagree. I think the external thing and items which can be measured are where society forces us to see each other as not equal. Rules set by the government normally increase the rift between vice mending different groups.
Of course I am going to be different in personality. We may share common interests but I am not going to be as passionate to the same degree in those common interests as you and then there will be the uncommon interests we will have. I am not saying we are clones meant to behave in the same manner. I am saying there is no reason to view you a lesser person as a whole just because you do not align exactly with me (and you would be very boring if you did).
Someone will always come along and perform a specific item or several specific items better than another, especially when it comes to items confined by metrics. But what about those items which cannot be measured. Is my ability to love, for example, different than yours? No. I am only limited in that capacity by self imposed limits I have falsely placed upon myself due the consequences of life's experiences. And that leads into my ablility to experience life is no different than yours. It is these intangible qualities which make us equal.
Too many people who speak of equality are looking to place us all in a mold. A form fitted wrapping to place on a shelf and go "oh look, don't they coordinate so well". When I speak of equal, I speak of our ability to have the same potential and the ability to be equally diverse. What ever is displayed on the surface, in the form of clothes, cash or cars, is not the measure of equality or identity, for someone will always have one more penny. Much of society is trying to teach us is to judge each other based wholly on these surface items and our identity is connected to these items.
Just because we are diverse, does not mean I should view you as not equal and unimportant in your contribution to life. And just because someone does something better than you doesn't mean you should feel the lesser person. Acknowledge it and move on or else you will become stuck, lose your identity and become the lesser person you now view you are.
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(And I doubt I'd look better in a skirt then you." ^_^
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Are you quite daft? Or just inflicted with madness? I would have to shave my legs and the the years of scar tissue would show. Trust me, Scooby Doo looks better in a skirt than I would.