1/2 OR 1/2

IS IT JUST RODOMONTADE OR ARE MUSLIMS GENUINELY INTENT UPON DESTROYING OUR WESTERN CIVILIZATION? IS WESTERN CIVILIZATION REALLY THE RESULT OF THE PURSUIT OF AFFLUENCE, SECULARIZATION AND SEXUAL REVOLUTION OR JUST PROOF OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS? IS BILL GATES CORRECT WHEN HE SAID IN HIS HARVARD COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, THAT "HUMANITY'S GREATEST ADVANCES ARE NOT IN ITS DISCOVERIES - BUT IN HOW THOSE DISCOVERIES ARE APPLIED TO REDUCE INEQUITY." ..." -REDUCING INEQUITY IS THE HIGHEST HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT." IF MR. GATES TRULY DEFINES INEQUITY AS UNFAIRNESS, HE SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR SEEING THE CUP OF HAPPINESS AS ½ FULL. BUT IF HE ACTUALLY MEANS INEQUALITY, HIS PERCEPTION IS ½ EMPTY. ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL TO PURSUE HAPPINESS AND INEQUITY, UNFAIRNESS, OBSTRUCTS THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROMISE? MR. GATES ALSO REMINDS US THAT DEMOCRACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND A CIVILIZATION TO ADVANCE. BUT ALL MEN AND WOMEN DO NOT ADVANCE EQUALLY. PROGRESS SHOULD BE UNIFORM IN A SOCIETY BUT THE HIGHEST HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS SEGREGATE, SEPARATE AND ELEVATE THE CREAM TO THE TOP. THE RIGHT TO STRIVE IS NOT UNFAIRNESS. FURTHERMORE, LET’S HOPE MR. GATES’ IDEA OF PROMOTING FAIRNESS IN NO WAY INVOLVES THE UNFAIR SYSTEM OF STEALING FROM THE INDUSTRIOUS WHO HAVE SOMEHOW EARNED THEIR WEALTH AND RE-DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE IDLE. INEQUITY RELATING TO OPPORTUNITY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE; INEQUALITY OF OUTCOME IS.

ERADICATION OF INEQUITY MAY BE NOT EXEMPLIFIED BY THE USE OF WELFARE PAYMENTS. THEY STEAL FROM THE PUBLIC TREASURY WITH THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THEY HELP TO EQUALIZE INCOMES AND MAKE LIFE MORE FAIR. THIS FALSEHOOD BETRAYS COMMON SENSE WHICH SAYS THE CURE FOR POVERTY IS SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EMPLOYMENT. WHAT IS THE POINT OF STRIVING IF THERE ARE NO STARS?

BILL GATES FURTHER ASKED THAT EACH GRADUATE OF 2007 TAKE ON AN ISSUE AND BECOME A SPECIALIST IN IT. THE $64,000 QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS WHAT ISSUE? BEFORE DECIDING UPON AN ISSUE, I SUGGEST YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WILL SEE YOUR WISHING CUP 1/2 EMPTY OR 1/2 FULL. WHETHER YOU STUDY MUSLIM TERRORISM, AMERICAN DECADENCE, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY OR YOUR OWN PERSONAL MORALITY, THE CHOICE PRECEDES THE DRAFT.