OK, if we accept the idea that all men are created equal... what does that mean? Mac, I bet you have yet to meet your equal. I've never met anybody as well-versed in multiple topics and just plain naturally intelligent as you.

THe olympians are superior to all of us in their own little areas of expertise, so maybe we could say that equality means that we each have our area of excellence, and in a roundabout way that make us equal, but not identical

But, I have a niece who has down's syndrome. Intellectually, financially, physically etc she will never be anyone's equal. So there goes our "relative equality"


What functional definition can we agree on when we say that all men are created equal? Because clearly there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise.