Please Tell Me WHY!

I am just one of those people who would like to know the answer to this one Question. Why.

You read this and go, why to what. I'll tell you what.

Why is it that we "need" to have certain percentage of women/ethnics/disabled people for every little group or gathering that we have? The cabinet, board rooms, why do have have to have everyone represented?

As far as I can find the only reason is because they are not represented now, or apparently they are not, but I think that is untrue.


e·qual·i·ty   [ih-kwol-i-tee]  
noun, plural -ties.
1. the state or quality of being equal;  correspondence inquantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.
2. uniform character, as of motion or surface.
3. Mathematic

Right equality is something that we all want, we all want to be treated the same, in all honesty, and we should all know this, this will never happen as we give/vote people into have power over us and they will abuse that power and treat us like dirt, why, because they can.

Now when we start naming groups of people, we are being specific. When you mention a specific group of people you are discriminating against all the others of whom you did not mention, and by definition you are not helping the true goal of equality.


spe·cif·ic   [spi-sif-ik]  
adjective
1. having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
2. specified, precise, or particular: a specific sum of money.
3. peculiar or proper to somebody or something, as qualities, characteristics, effects, etc.: His specific problems got him into trouble.
4. of a special or particular kind.
5. concerned specifically with the item or subject named (used in combination): The Secretary addressed himself to crop-specific problems.


dis·crim·i·nat·ing   [dih-skrim-uh-ney-ting] 
adjective
1. differentiating; analytical.
2. noting differences or distinctions with nicety; discerning; perspicacious: a discriminating interpreter of events.
3. having excellent taste or judgment: a discriminating interior designer.
4. differential, as a tariff.


So the minute you mention gays, you are discriminating against those who are not gay, the minute you say women, are are discriminating against those who are not women.

We have equality laws which discriminate against everyone.

In this world all things can not be equal, the sooner we learn that, and accept that some people are better than others, some people in the past wrote things that related to "man" and not "people" the sooner we accept that, the sooner we will really be able to move forward.

We DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE WOMEN/GAYS/ETHNICS any other specific in control or represented, if they wish to be represented then they can be, but forcing it to happen will only mean you are no longer representing someone else.