To what extent are these two birds 'equal' beyond being both birds of the same kind? That would require closer examination and analysis of their bio-physiology and the roles they perform.
The American Constitution is well-known for its stipulation that, 'all men are created equal.'
" We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
So stipulates the American Constitution, which some might find ironic, if you consider the fact that said Constitution is pinning its mast to the concept of 'creation', and, most probably, 'god', and that it has made no mention of 'women', except if were are meant to be taken that, women are, by implication, meant to be included in the concept of 'men.'
Enjoy your life as best you can, and do not spend your time pointlessly advocating undefined 'equality.'
This is the Constitution affirming the then existing and pre-existing axiom, if you wish, that women primarily have their being, there existence in 'usefulness and submission to men. Doubtlessly a follow on from the belief that god created woman as an helpmate for men; to prevent him from being lonely.
So, why did the American Constitution spoke so boldly and apparently unequivocally about it being a self-evident truth that all men are created equal, when, as we look around us today, probably irrespective of the country, society or religious and cultural systems we willingly or unwillingly subscribe to, is just as self-evidently untrue?
I suspect that the 'Founding Elders' who were responsibly for the drafting of the American Constitution, were still largely prisoners of their religious faiths and the then existing societal values; albeit that they were, in some respects, people whom we would call 'progressives.' They were able to imagine or conceptualise an idealised state of being, one in which all humans would be able to aspire and even work towards being 'equal' to probably all other humans who were of similar standing.
The inaccuracy in this state of 'equalness' which the Constitution has attested to, can be seen in the fact that, even for the 'creationist', the only humans whom god is purported to have created, is Adam and Eve. All subsequent humans are the result of act of birth, and not of 'creation.'
And what happens when we consider the Constitution's reference to god, or "their Creator" having endowed them, men, with 'certain unalienable Rights', including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?' When we look at American society, today, are we blinded or spoilt for choice of evidence proving the manifestation of these virtues? Do we see a society founded on the equality between Americans within and between their different racial and ethnic groups? Do we see equality between the different genders, and most Americans revelling in their living and pursuit of happiness?
Up to a point we can see such evidence; we can see some of it in the blind and uncompromising belief of the "pro-life" campaigners who want to deny women the right have abortions. And we can see it in extravagant life-styles of the wealth and the filthy-rich elites, but we do not see it in impoverished living of the unemployed and the poor.
So, what did the Founding Elders' intended that their pronouncement about 'equality, about 'life', 'liberty' and 'the pursuit of happiness' to be about? Was it meant to be for those who are fortunately enough to be able to achieve them, whereas, for others, it would, like the 'American Dream, be like the carrot tied to the stick extended in front of the donkey's face, which he/she would always be incapable of reaching?
Except in the case of an extremely centralised, mechanised and controlled society, beyond that brief moment when when babies are born, in a shared state of nakedness, the concept of unqualified 'equality' between humans is a nebulous and pointless one.
Aspire and work towards achieving happiness for you and others, as this is of more achievable than the realisation of 'equality.'
To be continued.
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