All people are Created Equal

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There are inherent and fundamental differences between people of different ethnic backgrounds." Have I not argued against "the basics"? Or does "inherent" and "fundamental" take on a different meaning now? "Your points boil down all human experience to the lowest common denominator." According to the definitions of " inherent" and "fundamental", why shouldnt it? The starting point should be "birth" which includes the "basics". You are now trying to argue the end results of the "basics". Example 1.No one born can just play basketball, or any sport for that matter. The "burden of proof" is on you to show that we are first" basically programmed to play ANY sport. You seem to believe that if a majority of people choose one thing then they must be born to do it. Thats wrong because a majority of people can choose to fly but none were born to do it. Even if the NBA were all black, you would still have to prove that, ALL other races; and every single individual of that race, tried to play basketball AND that they ALL were inferior to black people in terms of basketball. Good luck with that one. Example 2 Violence is violence. If all crime were actually recorded you would see that invading europeans are actually the most violent of all races. No one recorded the countless crimes commited towards slaves, indians, and hispanics by the hands of "Americans". Nor the lives lost to Hitler and his regimes. Nor Alexander the Great. Again no race is without these atrocities, putting us all on an even playing field as far as violence is concerned. Example 3 We all die. Youre attacking straw men when you argue the "how" and "why". The actual argument is are we "equal". As long as we all die, then our individual health serves no advantage and obviously has no bearing on the end result. Which happens to be death. Your argument could now only be "quality" of life, and even still "quality" must be defined. Either way it has no bearing in your initial argument. "By your argument we humans would also be perfectly equal to many thousands of other mammal species on earth." Is not man a mammal? Although im not arguing for the equality of mammals this does nothing to refute my statement that "all men are born equal" . "This broad generalization does not strongly support the claim of human equality." Isnt "humanity" itself, a "broad generalization? Why even call this into question? Another "straw man" attempt perhaps. "I've shown 3 examples of how races of people tend to be inequal." No, youve shown examples of how races tend to CHOOSE differently. People choose sports. Sports dont choose people. Youve shown examples of how races CHOOSE which form of violence to partake in. And youve shown how different races CHOOSE to handle death. Being born susceptible to Malaria means nothing if you never contract Malaria. ""Your response is that all humans get sick. Once again, this coarse argument would liken humans to nearly every other animal on earth that can get sick or diseased." It ALSO likens every human to humans, but I guess youre purposely ignoring that fact. "My second argument shows that different races have different tendencies in crime and violence" No, YOUR second argument shows the "stats" in the U S.A. but the "stats" on ALL crimes and violence reveal that ALL races have an equal propensity towards violence. "The third argument- athletics- takes a single sport- basketball- and shows how one racial group out of many possible, consistently dominates that sport. Whatever the particular skills and ability required of that sport, one racial group seems to have an inherent advantage over others." "Seems" to have an advantage is not the same as "has an advantage". And you have yet to prove "what" that "advantage" is, nor that the "advantage" itself is inherent in any race. "I think it is clear that statistics back the conclusion that in fact, "all people are not created equal"."" Think again! Even YOUR "stats" can be shown to "back" otherwise. As I have shown. ""all people are not created equal". Individual traits vary within the same race, but each race has certain overall tendencies in behavior, health, intelligence, ability, criminality, violence, etc.... All factors which define humans throughout their lives." And therein lies your problem, "ALL factors" can not be "factored" when speaking of "created". Simply because in this argument, created refers to beginning or start. Some of those "factors" are not there in the start, so they have no grounds in your argument. Until you can prove all the factors are indeed present at the start, you havent refuted any of my statements. You have only offered the opinion that my statements " boil down all human experience to the lowest common denominator." Which by the way, is where one must start if speaking of "equality". For to start with anything other than the "lowest common denominator" could not be considered starting "equally", so to speak. (My math teachers are ashamed of that statement, lol)