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Posted by: Kevin Dempsey ( Canada ) on April 06, 1999 at 10:58:36:
In Reply to: Complex Superiority posted by Stuart Gort on April 05, 1999 at 16:45:37:
Superiority is yours to define Stuart, unless you concede that you and others like yourself (for example: human, heterosexual, christian, meat-eater, american, capitalist, anti-environmentalist, feminist-backlasher, pro-greed, over-consumer, american dreamer) are NOT superior to others (for example: whales, gay christian men, gay non-christian women, environmentalists, atheist vegans, pigs, mosquitos, oak trees, and russian feminists.)Are you no "better" than they? If you are, then tell me what it means to be better than (superior to) them, because I do not know, because I do not consider myself better or superior. The reason I brought it up is because your posts in these rooms led me to believe you thought hierarchically, and that you considered certain types of beings better than others. I'm pretty sure I'm not wrong on this. (Please oh please give me a straightforward answer.) Again, I cannot define superiority, as I do not feel superior. Your accusations that I consider myself superior because of my beliefs and practices are unfair. I have never claimed superiority. I argue that certain ways of treating and respecting others are more fair and less hurtful, and I argue that it is important to open one's mind to new possibilities and to not be selfish and greedy. Just because I try to do these things does not mean I am perfect and it does not mean I am superior.
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