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   From: ewill3@earthlink.net   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:08:26 -0700, uri wrote:   
      
   > Captain Compassion wrote:   
   >> [quoted text muted]   
   >   
   > I disagree. There are no prominent built-in inequalities between humans.   
   > God made humans relatively equal. The prominent inequalities are in social   
   > treatment. Some people receive much more protection than others.   
      
   I'm not sure I buy that.  How to delicately handle the situation, of   
   course, is an interesting issue, but there's a fair amount of problems,   
   starting with things like basic brain function and physical strength, and   
   continuing with education.  (The good news: physical strength can be   
   modified, and basic brain function might be modifiable as well, by good   
   nutrition and exercises such as crossword puzzles, sudoku, flash cards,   
   and of course reading.)   
      
   I for one would hope all have equal education, at least, but even that may   
   not be possible, and it's quite clear that people are not all equal.   
      
   The question, of course, is how to deal with this inequity properly.   
      
   >   
   > There are also big geograhpic inequalities. Canada and Russia (two   
   > strategic powers) own 20% of the world's water and forestry. If wealth was   
   > amassed by force and fraud, it is possible to redistribute by force.   
      
   There's not much one can do here apart from moving the materials.  Did you   
   want everyone to grab a tree and tote a jug of water from Canada? :-)   
      
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