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Originally Posted by LunarEclipse
Here is my question: In the big picture, are some people better then other people and can people really help who they are or have become and is it a big ego to actually think you are better then/superior to others?
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It's probably pointless and silly at this time to reply to the OP but, hey, apathy.
I think it's a matter of values.
I know what
I think is better. I know what personality traits and life experiences
I find better. If you introduce two people to me, after talking with them, I can (and might, if one is particularly loathsome or annoying) tell you which one
I find better.
Social groups are usually formed over shared values, or eventually come to create an average set of values. Any group can tell you, even if they aren't quite aware as to why, who the "best" person of a group is based on those values.
You have a specific set of values that dictate standards of behavior.
Your coworkers' behavior did not match those standards.
Does that make you universally "better"?
No, as there is not a universal "better". But it makes you "better" by your standards.
While your coworkers' reactions and the general situation was disappointing and surprising to you (and, apparently, somewhat offensive)... it doesn't make them "lesser". Just on a different track. And, apparently, their value system did not allow for partially clothed (or whatever) pictures to be distributed online within a social group of professionals.
You evaluated a social group incorrectly. It sucks, but it happens.
Okay, kids, back to tugging on Mr. Rogers.