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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that game is pretty much the worst way the author could have illustrated the issue, assuming his goal was to get people not just aware of it, but actually engaged in addressing it. All he's done is tell a bunch of people that yeah, they're privileged, but you'd better not do anything to address the inequality or you're setting your child up for failure. I donate to my alma mater every year, in part because I'm aware of the impact long-term commitment to the school (even if you're not the top donor) by alums can have on admissions for their children. Every year, though, I direct that my donation be used to fund scholarships in order to help other kids who don't have the advantages mine do. There is a middle ground between ruthlessly promoting your own child at the expense of others and refusing to help them at all.[/quote]

The nature of the world is not fair, this is reality. Not all grass seeds sprout in the sun, or next to a good water source. Some cubs are born to a sick lioness that is unable to teach them to hunt. Humans are not plants and lions - we are a higher order social animal and we feel empathy and have compassion for the suffering of others. However it is foolish and idiotic to posit that the inherent lack of fairness and equality is somehow someone's fault. We can all work together to make the world a bit more equal for everyone, not because the government decrees it to be so, but that it's the right thing for individuals to do. People on the whole are kind and caring to others. Sure there is also wickedness, and we legislate to control it. But the moment you start legislating kindness, it turns. [/quote]

What do you mean by legislating kindness?  Are you talking about affirmative action, non-discrimination, or equal opportunity employment laws?  Or things like WIC and school lunches for poor kids?  
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Legislating kindness is enforcing by law an action that would otherwise be considered charity. Imagine if every year instead of your school having a coat drive, that you were told that you MUST purchase a coat for the homeless as required by law, and that there would be a fine and possibly jail time if you do not comply. Affirmative action is not kindness. Charity is when someone shares a resource he has with someone else. Have you known anyone who would give up their spot in college admissions as an act of Charity? Discrimination and equal opportunity employment is not charity either. It's not an act of kindness to dismiss someone's skin color or any other protected class as a barrier to do good work. The federal government has no business overseeing programs like WIC and school lunches for poor kids. Local governments can put these programs in place as they see fit, where they can vote on such spending. By the way, I think all school lunches should be free, as it is essential to the education of our kids, not because it's an act of kindness. [/quote]

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