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by pjkundert 3387 days ago
At the risk misinterpreting what may be an obvious attempt to be sarcastic...

Surely you jest. As the parent noted, such reasoning is squarely on the path to insanity.

What a society could possibly attempt to ensure is "equity". What you are suggesting should be sought is "equality". Since this is (trivially) impossible to attain, to attempt to do so is a fool's errand.

You may be measurably more intelligent than me. Should society force some crippling drug on you, to ensure I am not relatively hindered, merely because you can think more effectively than me?

Some appear to believe so...

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>Surely you jest. As the parent noted, such reasoning is squarely on the path to insanity.

What's insane is people comparing the government drugging us to equalize our IQ to the enforcement of a law that requires a publicly funded institution to put closed captions on their videos if they're to be publicly available.

I'll bet a reasonable solution comes from this, sets a precedent for the future, and the huffing and puffing will be for naught.

Harrison Bergeron comes to mind...