Re:Here is one they won't ever implement (Score 1)

I think the point of the statement "we are all created equal" really means that when a human being is born, anywhere in the world, it is equal to every other baby that is being born at that instant, all babies born in the past, and all yet to be born in the future. What it then implicitly means is that it is society which imposes equal or inequal rights for all different kinds of people. If you are lucky enough to live in a society (as I do) with a fair and accomodating social security system, and legislation in place to prevent all sorts of discrimination, then you must remember that not everbody does. Rousseau said "Man is free yet everywhere he is in chains", and that can mean many things from the legislative restraints placed on us by our society, or the atrocities such as the apartheid in south africa or slavery in the US in the 18th century. The point of the statement "we are all created equal" is to point out that although all the people in the world begin their lives as equals, we very quickly become subject to the influences and rules of the societies that we are born into. If you are lucky enough to live in the West then often the greatest inconvenience is having to drive at the speed limit or having to pay extra tax when you buy cigarettes. It isn't the same the world over, but it is something that we must hope will rectify it's self with time.

If you're interested in the subject, there are many good books to read, but the best are Animal Farm by George Orwell, and Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth. Both tackle the issues of the equalities and inequalties of the natural human state and those imposed on us by established societies.