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I don't like the way governments operate.
But one thing that I dislike more than government, is that people allow their culture and government to convince them that they should hate people from another country because of what the country's government has done. Often, people don't even like or agree with their own governments. And yet so many will hate an entire population of people just because of where those people live. There is good people in every country, and I wish we could all get along and get rid of these stupid things called war and prejudice, and work on improving our governments. It's sad how if we're told a lot of bad things about another country (true or false), and we're given a gun and an O.K. from an authority figure, we can suddenly become different people for a while. There is a reason why people come back so messed up from war experiences. I wish this didn't happen. If people didn't allow others to tell them it was okay to murder people, than governments wouldn't have the manpower to start massive wars.
I mean, I'd say we on the Dink Network all get along pretty well, despite our major differences in where we come from. But can you imagine, pointing a gun at someone you just talked to the other day on here, because your country told you have to (or even just that it was okay)? I hate it.
Sorry, it was a charged rant. But I think it's very true. I couldn't help bringing this up after the mentioning of bombing Iraq. I guess there's not much of a solution in this post for anyone to pull out though, other than that people's way of thinking needs to change, not just in America but everywhere before war, prejudice, and hate will begin to go away. In other words, we have a long way to go before the Stanley Milgram experiment results will change...
But one thing that I dislike more than government, is that people allow their culture and government to convince them that they should hate people from another country because of what the country's government has done. Often, people don't even like or agree with their own governments. And yet so many will hate an entire population of people just because of where those people live. There is good people in every country, and I wish we could all get along and get rid of these stupid things called war and prejudice, and work on improving our governments. It's sad how if we're told a lot of bad things about another country (true or false), and we're given a gun and an O.K. from an authority figure, we can suddenly become different people for a while. There is a reason why people come back so messed up from war experiences. I wish this didn't happen. If people didn't allow others to tell them it was okay to murder people, than governments wouldn't have the manpower to start massive wars.
I mean, I'd say we on the Dink Network all get along pretty well, despite our major differences in where we come from. But can you imagine, pointing a gun at someone you just talked to the other day on here, because your country told you have to (or even just that it was okay)? I hate it.
Sorry, it was a charged rant. But I think it's very true. I couldn't help bringing this up after the mentioning of bombing Iraq. I guess there's not much of a solution in this post for anyone to pull out though, other than that people's way of thinking needs to change, not just in America but everywhere before war, prejudice, and hate will begin to go away. In other words, we have a long way to go before the Stanley Milgram experiment results will change...
