One of the worst things you can do to a person is to diminish them.

What makes one person hold more societal value than another? Are we not all equals? Some might say that "being smart" having "the answers", "education", would put you above others but I ask why this trait would be hightened above the rest? All traits would then have to be given the same consideration from musical talent to physical. Does this then mean that excelling in some talent increases your "value"? There is more to a person than talent. We feel, we love. There is depth in every person. Does that mean character determines "value"? The problem is that it would be impossible to dissect a persons character into the millions of lables that make up a character. We can make generalizations about percentages ie. that person is generally a "good" person. But in the end all of our characters carry the sin of the fall, past down from generation to generation. We are all equally guilty.

I really hate how hierarchal our social structures can be. It doesn't make any sense. I'm not saying that authority/responsibility shouldn't exist, I'm saying that the lack of love shown to others just because they are not "up to snuff" for ones "social ranking" is unbearable to me. Arrogant snobs. They need to learn how to love.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." -1 Cor 13:13