Pacifien wrote...
Keep it simple. They are synthetic. They are machines. They are capable of adapting. What else does it take before you consider them an equal, if ever?
Because they are machines, they should not be compared to organic life; they are different.
Different does not mean inferior, though. Many people hate them because they are machines, different. The geth will never live or die as we do, they will never fully integrate into society, the geth will never be viewed as people by what we understand.
They have acheived sapience on their own merits, the geth have become a race by evolving in their own way. I do believe that they should still be valued as living things, even if they don't bleed or feel as we do. The geth have celary developed emotions, taking into account Legion's own reactions, and they even have their own philosophies and culture. What else is there needed for them to be judged as an actual race? Will people ever see past their obvious mechanical nature and understand them as they are?