by Richard Saare

Created on: May 21, 2008

First I will say that neither is a viable method of judging a persons worth! A woman is as equal to the task in all manners but physical strength. And that is the way it has been since the birth of mankind. No man has the right to discount a woman's value simply because she is a woman. Small is the mind that cannot see past her legs! And although the pain of sexual discrimination is no less a crime against humanity it is by far no where near the monster of Racial Equality. I spent 6 years in the Coast Guard and was involved in 364 rescue missions. Not once did we ask what sex are you and or what race, creed, or color! History has never placed a bounty on woman simply because they were female. But the Holocaust of World War 2 cost 55 million people their lives. 7 Million were Jewish and 22 million were Russian, both of these were Racial Genocide. In America the Constitution was ratified and at-least half of the winning votes were cast by men who owned slaves! Several of which refused to relinquish their ownership of another human being?

The Magna Carta or Magna Charta, The Great Charter, signed by King John of England on June 15th, 1215 guaranteed certain civil and political liberties must be by birth right and not sanctioned. It also stated that no man may own another man. We fought the War of 1812 for the Political Reasoning that the British outlawed slavery and attacked any American Slavers and after boarding and commandeering all usable goods the ships set afire, and then releasing the slaves at first port of call! Social and political status are not a guarantee of a good man, actions are the measure of a man. And how could anyone believe that they are superior simply because of skin color. Religious persecution was one of the reasons we fought the Revolutionary War in the first place. I heard it said once, "No man is free until all men are free!"

Nearly every person has felt the sting of some kind of prejudice at one time or another, whether it be because of being skinny, having frizzy hair, not the best cloths or trendy cloths, skin color, religious affiliation, or even less than perfect grades in high school. In makes no difference who you are, everyone feels the bite of prejudice eventually! And the damndest thing is the disease of hatred is the single easiest cured disease around! All you have to do is see past the things that cause the hatred and judge the person from their deeds and actions and not from a narrow point of view built by someone that told you these were less than human beings! The Freedom you enjoy in America includes deciding for yourself who is good and who is not. Sheep follow, Eagles soar to higher aspirations, which are you?

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