Thoughts....

[lithera]

Separate But Equal?

In 1954, the Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. "Racially segregated schools," the Court concluded, are "inherently unequal."

In the 1982 case of Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, the Court narrowly found the female-only admission policy at a state nursing school to be a denial of equal protection of the laws to a male who had sought admission to the program.

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[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

And yet again, right now the powers that be are trying to encourage 'seperate but equal' for gay marriage - complete with all sorts of interesting justifications for their arguments, many of which harken back to 1954.

Will the human race ever learn?

Well, yes, probably. I mean, things do keep getting better. Slowly.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

It's a circle. Admittedly, it's more like a slinky. The circular tracks all lead forward, though slowly and there is a lot of wondering why where we are right now looks a lot like where we were before... but not quite. Time makes it move at least a little bit.

Does that make any sense at all?

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

All sorts. I've often thought something similar. The question is, does the spiral track lead us somewhere good before we suffer catastrophic failure through any number of nasty means?

In other words, do you feel lucky? ;-)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Supremely, though I can't speak for anyone other than myself.

I have good karma, lots and lots of it built up over the time I was a martyr. I'm glad I got over that but it has served me well in the years after it.

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

Well, my karma may not be shining, but I think it's at least tipping positive. But we're talking about the human race here, not individuals.

You were a martyr? Where? How? Why?

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I had a small complex when I was younger. I would typically sacrifice myself for others anytime it might have been needed. I was very much about everyone and everything before me.

The race seems to be managing well enough, all things considered. I'm not proud of us but were doing better than we could be.

[sheer-panic.livejournal.com]

I could tell you why I think otherwise but it'd just depress you.

I try hard to help others, but not out of a sense of martyrdom. When I was younger I just tried to stay as far away from other humans as possible. ;-)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I could probably convince myself otherwise as well, to be honest. I try to remember all of the good things too. Humans seem built to remember the bad longer than the good. While that is an amazing survival technique in terms of, "Ow, damn it that hurt. I'm never doing that again." It isn't all that great on the scale of emotional and psychological stbility.