To be equal one to another, one needs to earn the equality. What I mean by this is if I asked to join any of you here as a fellow musician and play with a group I must prove I am equal to the task. You may let me try out but it would quickly become apparent that my skills are lacking. If this were a paying gig and I caused us not to get paid because of my lack of ability, we would all be equally poor but that would not be fair.
Knowing that I have no musical talent, why would you allow me to both screw up your earning a living and inflict pain on the audience., what good purpose would that serve.
One should have the opportunity to learn the skills, but this does not mean I'm entitled to a college education. in many areas of interest, a person can learn from the knowledge around them. Many successful people learn from digging and doing, not sitting and being spoon feed drivel.
We have to discern the difference between fact and opinion and not confuse the two.
Fact:I can not play a musical instrument well enough to join anyone else in this endeavor Opinion: I think I do well for what I know.
Where have we gone to loose sight of earning our way and accomplishing great things is wrong.
John, don't be angry at Christ, He gave us all life and paid for all of our debts and did not give me the ability to play an instrument, be very thankful of that.
Folks if you want help, help someone, if love, love others; fairness, be fair. We are the other fellow we talk about.
Wyndham