On Equal Treatment

Life is many things.  For instance, it is famously ironic – no one escapes alive.  But life is not fair.  Humanity is inherently unequal.  To wit, the same God who made Brad Pitt made Danny Devito.

Fairness is a subjective illusion, for no two individuals or environments are equal.  Attempts to create fairness only shift unfairness’ burden.  Even where necessary or justifiable – and there is never a consensus as to when shifting the burden of unfairness is justifiable – doing so is nevertheless unfair.

In an unfair world equal treatment is the least unfair policy, and may be the only equality society can provide.  Equal treatment should be the policy of individuals and private institutions.  The equal protection components of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require that equal treatment be the policy of government and and public institutions.  Equal treatment rises above every brutish form of collectivism and treats people as individuals, without regard to color, class, or creed.  Equal treatment ensures us the dignity of rising, falling, failing, and achieving, on our respective fortune and merit.  We can neither give nor ask for more.

18 Comments to “On Equal Treatment”

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  2. ofigennoeFebruary 3, 2010 at 3:07 am

    я бы сказал не интересно, а разумно

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    • divinryanFebruary 4, 2010 at 11:24 am

      Interested Commenter,
      I believe your comment is in Russian? Please confirm or correct. Also, could you supply a translation? Google Translator translates your comment as: “I would say is not interesting, and reasonably.” I am interested to know what you think. Thank you for reading duelingbarstools.

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      • divinryanFebruary 6, 2010 at 2:27 pm

        Translated ofigennoe’s comment with Babelfish, and it came out quite differently than Google Translator: “I would say not interestingly, but it is reasonable.”

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  3. avadvatlyFebruary 5, 2010 at 10:37 am

    Very often I visit this blog. It very much is pleasant to me. Thanks the author

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  4. Lauri A. HakalaFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Nice going my friend! Make sure you wont become too much of an expert in law school, cause then your government will want to hire you and European Union will miss out!

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  14. B-DaddyMay 2, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    Danny DeVito is a much funnier and more interesting guy than Brad Pitt, nice analogy.

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