Well said!
Chuck Sadek
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WSpohn4@aol.com [SMTP:WSpohn4@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:35 AM
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> There is an odd (to much of the rest of the world, anyway) strain of
> egalitarianism that says that all people are created equal, not in the
> laudable sense that all should be afforded equal opportunity, but in the
> more
> literal sense that they really ARE somehow equal. When you see some
> disadvantaged guy (maybe he isn't as gifted as the average guy in terms of
>
> intelligence, monetary means, physiognomy, or whatever), the sort of
> person I
> am talking about rushes to state that said disadvantaged person is just as
>
> good as anyone else etc., often in the absence of anyone saying anything
> to
> the contrary.
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> So let me clarify - there are some people that do NOT have the skill,
> talent,
> whatever, to race a car in a safe AND competitively fast manner. No amount
> of
> egalitarianism will change that. But they are not lesser beings because of
>
> that, any more than the good regional level SCCA driver is a lesser person
>
> just because he will never have the wherewithal to run at the Formula 1
> level.
>
> Bill Spohn
> (who runs an MGA, for heaven's sake - bottom 25% group, if he is lucky)
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