"... Equality is the real-life equivalent of the Maple Leafs playing for a tie. It’s what happens when, as one wag put it, 'Women have won equal rights, but they gave up a lot to get there.' The fight for equality is an unending quest for mediocrity..."
The Toronto Star's Ethics Columnist, Ken Gallinger, gives us something you don't hear much these days - a different slant on 'equality' issues. I suggest a read is in order. It's not a long column:
and it just may give you pause for thought.
"... We enter this world unequal in almost every way. We slide down the chute with a unique blend of talents and limitations, disabilities and abilities. We’re taller than some folks, shorter than others. I’m colour blind, but fiendishly good-looking. There’s someone better than me at everything I do. And someone worse..."
Here's the link: Equality is a compromise, not a virtue - thestar.com
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and it just may give you pause for thought.
"... We enter this world unequal in almost every way. We slide down the chute with a unique blend of talents and limitations, disabilities and abilities. We’re taller than some folks, shorter than others. I’m colour blind, but fiendishly good-looking. There’s someone better than me at everything I do. And someone worse..."
Here's the link: Equality is a compromise, not a virtue - thestar.com
Mr. Gallinger's comments © Copyright Toronto Star
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