Category: equality

Genesis And Catastrophe

     As appropriate as the title of this piece is, I feel slightly guilty about it. It’s also the title of a brilliant Roald Dahl story. I shan’t tell you any more about that story; find it, read it, and reflect on the tragedy it foretells.      The laws of cause and effect are inadequately …

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A Thought-Provoking Observation

     Equality before the law only extends as far as does the law itself. In matters not subject to the purview of the law, we are entirely unequal. We are unequal in status, in general approbation, in intelligence, in ability, in social standing, in wealth, and in many other ways. There’s no getting around this; …

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