Platt
Egalitarian, damn I hate that word. Primarily because I can never seem
to remember what it means and have to dig out the dictionary each and
even time someone uses it. Maybe this time it will stick.
egalitarian: advocating or characterized by the belief that all people
should have equal political, social, and economic rights- n an advocate
or supporter of this belief.
There's that word again, "rights". That's it! Eureka. I'm very leary of
rights, particularly if they're yours and they infringe on mine. Rights
in my mind are absolute. They are also extremely dangerous because they
ARE absolute. In real human relations they are often misappropriate,
misunderstood, and misused as the ultimate justification for morally
questionable actions. Guess that would make me a reverse-egalitarian.
3WD
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