who agrees with the idea......?

Question

that if laws were not introduced, which effectively single out, particular groups, i.e. by age, race, sexuality, creed, colour,class, or any other differentiating factor, there would be less discrimination, and more tolerence in the world, because we would all be looked upon as equals

Answer 1

i agreed 100percent with you good question

Answer 2

Sorry - much as I'd like to agree, I can't. Discrimination and tolerance are frames of mind that aren't much, if at all, affected by "laws." A law won't stop a bigot from feeling the way he/she does and it won't make a tolerant person into a bigot.
Here, specifically is where I have a problem with your proposal:
" . . . because we would all be looked upon as equals."

Really? Looked upon by whom? The government? Do you actually think that would make any difference whatsoever to someone who hated those of another
"age, race, sexuality, creed, colour,class?"
It's exactly because humans so often discriminate against others who are "different" in some respect that laws "which effectively single out, particular groups" are sometimes needed. But many laws, such as, say, the Civil Rights Act, though motivated primarily by discrimination against a specific group, apply with equal validity to every group.

Answer 3

I do not think there would be more tolerance or less discrimination in the world if laws dealing with singling out a prticular group were not introduced. Somehow the laws would form after time because there will always be a problem among a large body of different individuals with different ways of thinking who will inevitably make fun of another group and certain measures, laws, will have to be laid down to protect certain groups.

Answer 4

Where would discriminant laws come from in the first place? People. I would have to ask, if there were no discriminatory laws would it ever really eliminate the discriminatory mindset? I think with many people it would. However, if one looks back in history one will find that discrimination has always been a problem within the human race. There has always been an urge withing human minds to be above one another; whether it be a nation or simply an individual.

Answer 5

No one would ever be looked on as equals. Thats why the laws were put in place to begin with because people couldnt get along. The fact is no one is equal thats just life. Everyone is different and people dont like differences. So there has to be laws to live. Its called life.

Answer 6

I agree, if we stop letting there be an award show or tv station for every race, then there is more of a chance that we would all be equal.

Even applications to colleges and education programs should have the race, name and gender blacked out so that people are accepted based on actual skills.

Answer 7

Laws in general are a power of the elite anyway. Getting rid of all laws and going to total anarchy or local cooperative groups without the structure of written laws might be different, but we would need some way to hold back our competitive nature. Skin color, height, etc, are easy ways to tell 'them' from 'us' and there is always someone who wants to exploit the battle to their advantage.
One rule: We have to be more Creators than Consumers.
Our Net Creativity as a species is what Nature uses to determine if we go extinct or not. We have to realize that the species that survive in the long term are the ones that survive in the long term. All of our petty differences and rules only serve the immediate profits of short term advantages.
If you want change, keep it in your pocket. Your dollar is your vote and the machines don't count.
And that, my friend, gets me to level 6.

Answer 8

I don't think so because there is always one. There would still be the people who think they are better than others (or above the law.) The ways of the laws were originally there for order and peace. Not chaos and crime! Its criminals, greedy men and very smart lawyers that we have to thank for the perverse way our laws now work. Really pisses me off that the rights that men died for so we could have....now are twisted to get some jerk off on a technicality.

Answer 9

But weren't these laws created because these particular groups were being discriminated against in the first place? i.e. women's right to vote etc.
Tolerance begins in the individual- not by some law.

Have a great day!!!

Answer 10

Nice idea, but not likely.

The whole reason that laws like that get created in the first place is that they didn't already exist and some group is discriminating against another (without laws for/against it).

Answer 11

That would help. But not always true. Let's take a simple example. Affirmative action. It was created because of discrimination to help black people succeed. While it may have caused some resentment, it was not the cause for the underlying problem. I agree that specific laws to help specific people are stupid. A crime is a crime no matter who causes it or to whom.