Hi All :) .. When does being different become unequal? ;D?

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Should people be deprived of equal rights, just because they're different???


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Answer 1

I personally think that the color of your skin should not make any difference. But your actions, attitude and lifestyle do.
You wouldn't hire the bum on the corner to clean your house. You wouldn't hire the schizophrenic to watch your children. You wouldn't hire a gang member to teach English. You wouldn't hire a promiscuous person to be the preacher at church.
So am I being unfair or unequal to these people. I don't think so.
Mainly I think it is what we do with life that creates the differences. All men are created equal but what we do with it from there is up to each individual and I think that when a person strives to succeed they will (although it may be to a lesser degree because we can't always get everything that we want).
I think that we should all be equal in the eyes of the law but it sometimes seems like the rich and the celebrities get preferential treatment because they are different.

Answer 2

People can be different, but equal. Men can be generally stronger, and women can be more sensitive, but they can both still be equals. Being different becomes unequal when people exploit their uniquities to empower themselves at the expense of some other person or people. When a person says "because I'm white, and you're not, so now you're my slave" that is when different becomes unequal. Also when a person says "I'm black and you abused my forefathers, therefore I am going to hate you" that is also unequal. Why should a person today be hated because of the actions of their forefathers?

Being different also becomes unequal when a person blindly makes an assumption about somebody based on their differences. For instance, a person has two kids, and one plays basketball, the other dances ballet. You would assume that the basketball player was male and that the dancer was female, however that is unfair because it is a false assumption that you are making based on things that are beyond a person's control (in this case, their sex).

Answer 3

It really depends on what rights exactly and how the person is different.

All people should have equal rights to safety, food, water, shelter, voting rights etc. the basic human rights code of any country. No one should be discriminated against for, let's say, a job interview based on the color of their skin, religion etc. Basically there should be no discrimination when the difference is irrelevant to the right.

However if, for example, an almost blind person applies for their driving license they shouldn't have that right because it would be dangerous. Ok that was a mean example but see what I'm trying to say?

Answer 4

Never and i feel like this is not just an opinion it is a fact because even if you are tall or short big or small everybody is equal don't care if you are the president its not right and should not happen and if it does yea sometimes its good to just ignore it but really the person should be put in ther place and you really don't have to be nasty about but some people need a reality check.

Answer 5

When does being different become unequal?
When your "difference" is a danger to another's right to life, liberty, and their pursuit of happiness.
At that point, if your difference causes this danger, you should be relieved of your rights until you can resolve this difference to a level that is acceptable to your society. i.e. a murderer is sent to prison to allow other to continue the "pursuit" without interference. Your "pursuit" must be acceptable to your society, which is why any society, civilized or not has a system of mores it abides by. Equality in the U.S. means equality before the law, NOT physically, mentally, or spiritually. If we were all equal in all ways we would all be reduced to the abilities of our weakest citizens. Read the short story, "Harrison Bergeron" for an illustration.

Answer 6

first of all, i'd have to say, your name is beautiful..since we share it.. :-)

as for my answer, being different become unequal whenb people tend to spend more attention to the "different" side of things/people. You can't blame them, that is human instinct and people get bored. I think it becomes unfair to the previous one, coz sometimes when people find something new, they forget about the other one. And, no, people shouldn't be deprived of equal rights just because they are different. I personally believe that we are all different and unique in our own ways, and if one should be deprived, then all of us should be deprived too. What one gets, everybody must get, because we are all equal in the eyes of God. :-)

Answer 7

I think being different becomes unequal when the difference in question results in someone or a group receiving preferential treatment because of their difference. However I will say that while this issue seems simple on the surface I suspect that if we go digging into it we may find many gray areas.

Answer 8

Unfortunately in the world we live in today these unfair things exist. Imperfect people living in an imperfect world full of unjust judgments = unequally. If only there was a lot more love and understanding where there is just judgement however different may mean illegal and therefore is made perfect by fair judgement and punishment.

Answer 9

Different in whose opinion? No one should be "unequal." Yet, unfortunately, "groups" of people are often deprived of equal rights because of the most loud voices, the biased, & those with "influence" in the government. "Difference" in no way equates to unequal. "Unequal" in practice & opinion? Yes. Sadly.

Answer 10

No one should be deprived of anything because they are different, but people that are different need to stop screaming that they are different. Bottom line is we're all human, that's the only name we should call ourselves rather than gay, black, native, hispanic, retarded, woman or anything else. Equality will fall into place if we can get to that