Posted on Sep 7, 2016
CPT Russell Pitre
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I think William A. Henry III said it best when he said "The fact is that some people are better than others - smarter, harder working, more learned, more productive, harder to replace". I don't care to be politically correct and either should you. This wild notion that everyone is equally important is both wildly dangerous and a lie.

Some people are better than others. That is not an attack on their value or is it saying that one is worthless. But we need to stop this madness thinking that all are as important as one another. It is not true. Some are more learned. We call them doctors. I will tell you that he is far more important than I should a medical emergency occur. While I was deployed our aviators were much more important to the overall success of missions than most. That DFAC worker was not the push at the decisive point of the battle that lead to the overall success of the mission. That A-10 pilot was!

We are reduced to this false sense of equality by society. We are indeed born equal. But we all will have varying results as to our success and ability. We have had such great leaders of the past such as President Washington and Lincoln. They were far more important than anyone else at the time. But in our time we don’t want to offend that brand new soldier that has yet to develop into a productive member of a team so we say he is as important to the team as that beard clad SF soldier performing surgical strikes against ISIS.

I realize. There are far better men/women than I. I read their books and listen to their lectures. These men and women are hard to replace. There will not be another Steve Jobs or Frederick Taylor. Nor will there be another Margaret Thatcher or Martin Luther King Jr. The sooner we can admit this the better we will be as a society.
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We are all equal. We have the same inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the PUTSUIT of happiness. Meaning if you want it you have to do something. That's where equal ends.
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PO1 John Crafton - In the eyes of the law, and our creators, we are equal or are supposed to be. What we do with that is up to us.
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PO1 John Crafton - I agree. What one does with their rights is up to the individual. You can't legislate equality. You can't make everyone equal. It isn't possible. This is why it is written our rights come from our creator(s) and not from man. You have the exact same rights I have. If you don't pursue your happiness, that's on you. Not on me. Not on society. I'm 6'1" and you're 4' 7", that may prevent you from getting on a rollercoaster but riding a rollercoaster isn't a right. It won't prevent you from bearing arms, voting, exercising free speech, protecting your life and property, etc. If our rights are restricted they're restricted by men, not by our creator(s). Even if someone is born without a functioning brain they still have those inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They may not be capable of exercising them but they still have them.
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PO1 John Crafton - It sounds to me that you are both saying the same thing, but approaching it from different angles.
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PO1 John Crafton - Equality doesn't mean you can all solve the same math equation. It means you are all equal in the eyes of the government and the legal system. Nothing more. In that aspect, everyone is created equal.
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As the quote says, some people are smarter; more driven or harder workers; others simply have better dumb luck (I see you with that lottery ticket!), etc.. That's just how is it. Because of these things, some folks simply will excel in life--or certain aspect of life--while others do not.

What we should expect are equal (should add "legal") opportunities for people to utilize whatever they have going for themselves; and this society is generally pretty good about that. Not perfect, and we occasionally need to address our shortfalls, but pretty good. What we must never do though is demand equal outcomes.
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Equal rights, but definitely not equal abilities.
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