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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3816942" data-attributes="member: 3424">You know, given that the quote was delivered by the antagonist in the film, it's not surprising that everyone gets a gut-level, &quot;No, not everyone should be special!&quot; reaction to it.However, think about it a bit more. It's actually saying that the world ought to be divided into &quot;special&quot; people and &quot;non-special&quot; people, and implying that the special people are better or more valuable than the rest. Whether or not this is true in reality, it's a potentially dangerous line of thought.In a way, the quote isn't even true. It would be more accurate to say, &quot;When everyone is special in the same way, no-one is&quot;, but it wouldn't be as nice a sound bite.If everyone is special, but in different and unique ways, everyone can take pride that they can do something that no-one else can, and still appreciate other people for the things that only they can do. Sure, if everyone can shoot fireballs, or if everyone has a +5 weapon, then shooting fireballs or having a +5 weapon is not special. However, if one person can turn invisible while another is very fast and another is very strong, they are all special in their own ways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 3816942, member: 3424"] You know, given that the quote was delivered by the antagonist in the film, it's not surprising that everyone gets a gut-level, "No, not everyone should be special!" reaction to it. However, think about it a bit more. It's actually saying that the world ought to be divided into "special" people and "non-special" people, and implying that the special people are better or more valuable than the rest. Whether or not this is true in reality, it's a potentially dangerous line of thought. In a way, the quote isn't even true. It would be more accurate to say, "When everyone is special [I]in the same way[/I], no-one is", but it wouldn't be as nice a sound bite. If everyone is special, but in different and unique ways, everyone can take pride that they can do something that no-one else can, and still appreciate other people for the things that only they can do. Sure, if everyone can shoot [I]fireballs[/I], or if everyone has a [I]+5 weapon[/I], then shooting [I]fireballs[/I] or having a [I]+5 weapon[/I] is not special. However, if one person can turn invisible while another is very fast and another is very strong, they are all special in their own ways. [/QUOTE]

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