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@Shevek
This is getting interesting.
"60%-40%"
The system isn't perfect. But it's what the majority decided. I don't say I like it. Bend the rules whenever you
can, but this is the current agreement. Some respect it, others protest against it. Usually for both parties
it's somewhere in the middle, and that is where the hypocrisy starts.
"Rights are always political points. That doesn't make them less valid or less important."
You must fight for your rights, but there is also a chance to lose that battle. Losing that
battle means they are not valid ( but they are still important, because other side would not bother to
fight against you if they weren't).
Keep in mind that we talk about people, not mathematical equations, or laws of physics. The truth is what most
people believe is the truth. And they will until the majority changes their mind. Giordano Bruno was burned at
stake as a heretic for claiming that Earth is not the center of the world. Now he has a statue in his
honor and memory. Parisians protested against the Eiffel tower, yet most of them are probably proud to have it (it's
still ugly though).
"They've accepted this place as what it is.
That doesn't mean they are happy."
It's a compromise. Life is full of them. I don't want to live in a place where fabulouss making out is allowed. I don't
want all western modern values all over the world. In relation to ( paragraph? ) above, social values aren't right
or wrong. Sure, there are some basics that every normal person would go by, such as 'thoy shall not kill or hurt
someone for no reason'.
Back to the matter at hand, they probably can emigrate, but all their friends, families,
and relatively stable jobs are here. They can make multiple salaries and have their fabulous rights in America, but
for what cost? They've decided to stay here, and they live by that decision. This means, that they are happy with it.
When they stop being happy with it, they'll move.
"Most cannot emigrate"
I for example, can't emigrate. We don't have working visas. Even going as a tourist would cost me 2 month salaries.
However, Some of my friends who were in the same position as me, managed to get away.
I just wasn't motivated enough.
Back to the point. People are not equal, because people are different.
This is getting interesting.
"60%-40%"
The system isn't perfect. But it's what the majority decided. I don't say I like it. Bend the rules whenever you
can, but this is the current agreement. Some respect it, others protest against it. Usually for both parties
it's somewhere in the middle, and that is where the hypocrisy starts.
"Rights are always political points. That doesn't make them less valid or less important."
You must fight for your rights, but there is also a chance to lose that battle. Losing that
battle means they are not valid ( but they are still important, because other side would not bother to
fight against you if they weren't).
Keep in mind that we talk about people, not mathematical equations, or laws of physics. The truth is what most
people believe is the truth. And they will until the majority changes their mind. Giordano Bruno was burned at
stake as a heretic for claiming that Earth is not the center of the world. Now he has a statue in his
honor and memory. Parisians protested against the Eiffel tower, yet most of them are probably proud to have it (it's
still ugly though).
"They've accepted this place as what it is.
That doesn't mean they are happy."
It's a compromise. Life is full of them. I don't want to live in a place where fabulouss making out is allowed. I don't
want all western modern values all over the world. In relation to ( paragraph? ) above, social values aren't right
or wrong. Sure, there are some basics that every normal person would go by, such as 'thoy shall not kill or hurt
someone for no reason'.
Back to the matter at hand, they probably can emigrate, but all their friends, families,
and relatively stable jobs are here. They can make multiple salaries and have their fabulous rights in America, but
for what cost? They've decided to stay here, and they live by that decision. This means, that they are happy with it.
When they stop being happy with it, they'll move.
"Most cannot emigrate"
I for example, can't emigrate. We don't have working visas. Even going as a tourist would cost me 2 month salaries.
However, Some of my friends who were in the same position as me, managed to get away.
I just wasn't motivated enough.
Back to the point. People are not equal, because people are different.
