Do they really expect me to believe that my life is worth the same as or less than a terrorist in training in some pipsqueak nation thousands of miles away?
2007-07-06 03:59:59 · 18 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Midcentury... it says all men are CREATED equal. It does not say that "all men are created equal and shall remain so throughout their lifetimes, and if necessary government shall intervene with redistributionist tax schemes to ensure such equality."
2007-07-06 04:30:53 · update #1
Midcenturydesign....It's called the Declaration of Independence (remember the 4th of July?)
WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that
all Men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
of Happiness—
"created equal" that means at birth we all have the same GOD given rights. It says nothing about what path man or woman chooses to take after that. So yes, I think I'm better than some Islamofacist that want to kill me because his incestuous self proclaimed prophet told him so....
2007-07-06 04:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by Cookies Anyone? 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋
It's in the Declaration of Independence. Americans hold the truth of equality to be self-evident. We come into this world naked and defenseless. We go out not a whole lot different. In between, some of us are wealthy, some are poor. Some are smart. Some are stupid.
We remain equal before the law. And when that ends, so does America and everything that makes America worthwhile.
You don't like it? Nifty, move to the UK, where the circumstances of birth determine your worth. Don't try to impose it on my country, as I have taken an oath to oppose you to the best of my ability.
If the "terrorist" training in some "pipsqueak" nation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States, he or she will be my equal before the law. Indeed, of all the war crimes that Bush & Co have committed, the most serious has been the removal of victims to foreign lands that don't believe in equality and which torture as a matter of national policy.
The only thing more ridiculous than equality is the fact that I have to treat you as my legal equal. However, you are not my equal socially, intellectually, or spiritually, for which I thank my patron gods in all sincerity.
2007-07-06 13:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the idea that "All men are created equal" is Biblically based, and the phrase was used in the American Declaration of Independence. Are you calling the founding fathers "Lefty"?
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
In God's eyes, we are all equally deserving of damnation.
2007-07-06 12:38:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your life worth the same as or less to a terrorist in training in some pipsqueak nation thousands of miles away as they worth to you.
2007-07-06 11:41:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jose R 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You are EXACTLY right. People are so cattle driven into thinking that everyone is the same, should be given the same rights, earns the same as everyone else, blah blah blah. I have news for people: Capitalism is the epitome showing how people do not REMAIN equal. In its pure form, if some work harder than others, then those people succeed and reap more benefits than those who did not put as much effort in. Of course we are all created equal...it's our path in life that determines how worthy we are though. I am going to take a minute to be selfish and say that I am absolutely under EVERY circumstance better than some extremist claiming Jihad as the reason for killing innocent people...sorry, it is truth.
2007-07-06 12:03:56 · answer #5 · answered by Love my Family <3 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The only thing more ridiculous than all humans being equal is your hair, and heck no, I don't think your life is worth the same or less than a terrorist in training.
2007-07-06 11:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Get it right, "created equal" is the way it goes. What happens after creation is a whole other thing. Terrorists on any side of the ocean and on any continent deserve to die.
2007-07-06 11:20:39 · answer #7 · answered by ZenWoman 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Who makes the order?
2007-07-06 11:07:54 · answer #8 · answered by lillilou 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your just as bad as the terrorists. spewing racial hate for a culture you know nothing about.
"We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal. "
2007-07-06 11:05:18 · answer #9 · answered by Kevy 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Well, we are all equal....Call me naive....But doesn't that document called the Declaration of Independence state this? Your right cookies, I stand corrected....The point is, in this country we are all equal...
2007-07-06 11:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋