Oldmanwillow said:
Would you say that a bum has equal value to a medical researcher. The bum just lives off the expense of others while the medical researcher live to improve the lives of others.
So what happens when some young journalist writes an article about that bum, tells his story, and creates a self-help movement that ends up turning thousands of depressed people back into productive members of society?
There isn't some mythical equation that someone plugged the numbers into and decided that every life was equal. It's never been about that. It's about being CREATED equal. It's all about potential.
Forget judging people to find out if there lives have meant anything to this point. Do you want to try to judge what someone is worth the second they are born? You can't do it, at least not in countries where people have the chance to better their situations, regardless of what they start with.
Edit: Also, what happens when that medical researcher turns out to be the next Dr. Mengele? Potential swings both ways.
