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<blockquote data-quote="Werewolf" data-source="post: 1502652" data-attributes="member: 239"><p>Short answer:</p><p></p><p>I would just eliminate the phrase <em>all men are created equal</em> entirely. Leave the rest alone.</p><p></p><p>Long Answer:</p><p></p><p>IMO - the phrase was little more than a lead in and/or hook to get the attention of the audience to whom the declaration was addressed (i.e. king george). As another poster surmised the phrase was meant as a dig at the nobility. A way to say than no man was more equal than another just by right of birth. Considering the context I tend to agree with that posters posit. Unfortunately the phrase is often misinterpreted by folks who have not read the declaration in its entirety, don't have a clue why it was written and to whom it was directed. They take that single phrase and quote it out of context. It doesn't mean what the vast majority of those who have heard it think it means.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werewolf, post: 1502652, member: 239"] Short answer: I would just eliminate the phrase [I]all men are created equal[/I] entirely. Leave the rest alone. Long Answer: IMO - the phrase was little more than a lead in and/or hook to get the attention of the audience to whom the declaration was addressed (i.e. king george). As another poster surmised the phrase was meant as a dig at the nobility. A way to say than no man was more equal than another just by right of birth. Considering the context I tend to agree with that posters posit. Unfortunately the phrase is often misinterpreted by folks who have not read the declaration in its entirety, don't have a clue why it was written and to whom it was directed. They take that single phrase and quote it out of context. It doesn't mean what the vast majority of those who have heard it think it means. [/QUOTE]
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