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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (131405)	3/12/2001 9:56:35 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 769667

<< Life used to be so simple, you don't hate. No clause, you just don't hate. How simple. >> Tell this to the millions in hate groups thoughout the world. OTOH, life never used to be so simple. There has been massive racial and cultural slaughters and crimes since mankind evolved from the donkey. << The day we started hyphenating was the day we became little groups at war with one another. >> But it's a good thing for people to have their own culture, and for others to be exposed to it. Perhaps if the U.S. took a strong stand against "little groups at war with one another", our society would become more tolerant of others. << It isn't pride in your heritage, it is divisive and the root of many problems today IMO. >> But, why is it divisive? Why are many people not tolerant of others who are different? Is the root of the problem because there are different cultures, or is the problem because the U.S. has not divorced itself, enough, from cultural and racial hatred? << That kind of nonsense really pisses me off. We have 9 gazillion laws on the books but lets make it more offensive to kill green gay people then it is to kill black females, which is worse then killing black males which is worse then killing.... >> What really pisses me off, is that so many people don't want to take a strong stand against racial and cultural hatred. Throughout the world today, and historically, racial and cultural hatred has been the cause of massive suffering. Let's stop the culture of hate now by enacting laws against it. If we don't learn from history we will be doomed to repeat it. << Welcome to enlightenment friend. Been happening since before Christ. It's been against every religion that I am aware of since written word, yet it keeps happening. >> So, since hatred has been around forever, your solution is to "not" make laws against racial and cultural hatred? I think that laws against hatred could have a profound cultural effect on future generations of Americans. Why not start here in the U.S. and set the standard against hatred, for the rest of the world to follow? << What law are you going to pass today that is going to make an A-social psychopath turn down the path of your enlightenment? >> The sub-human predators, who enjoy killing and raping others, cannot be changed, only thrown out with the garbage. But, the U.S. can emphasize that racial and cultural hatred will not be tolerated in this country, by enacting laws against hate crimes. We aren't that far apart in our revulsion against racial and cultural hatred, only in our approach to a solution. I enjoyed your note and your style of writing!