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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, that's not it. You CAN measure if Person A is wealthier than Person B, or which person scores higher grades or wins at sports. These are facts, rather than opinion. Looks are subjective. If one person is welcomed into a fancy restaurant and another is turned away for violating the dress code, one might say the first person is better dressed than the second. But look at Adam Sandler - he wears baggy b-ball shorts and hoodies to everything and is wealthy and connected and successful. So how you dress isn't everything.[/quote]

Maybe work in a little something about your fellow humans (mostly) deserving equal respect?[/quote]

Thank you. Even if someone has more money or better grades or is better at sports, they are not more deserving of kindness and respect. People who are ultra competitive and think they should have more simply because they are more successful actually have some of the worst self-esteem. Because what they are saying is "I deserve kindness and respect because of all I've accomplished." What a high wire act! What if they'd failed!

Meanwhile, I just assume I deserve kindness and respect for no other reason than because I'm a human being who is alive. And then I assume all other people deserve the same unless or until they do something so vile that I just can't anymore. It works for me! And makes it a lot easier to deal with inevitable failure, because it can just be a failure and not the end of my humanity.[/quote]

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