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Stupid driver or attempted murder? - “I wonder what she was doing under the car in the first place? Mid-street oil change?” read more by Raigen
Stupid driver or attempted murder? - “I wonder what she was doing under the car in the first place? Mid-street oil change?” read more by Raigen
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Obama has been to HOW MANY states during his capaign?!?
Not knowing how many states there are is a clear sign that you lack the chauvinistic patriotism without which you clearly cannot be president. Had he only been wearing his trusty flag pin, he would have been able to look down and count how many stars were on it.
He also worships the devil. Did you know 57 is 609 away from 666? That's what you meant to say wasn't it? He's also a secret muslim, don't ask me how.
See, if only he had been up working at his desk at 3am, this would never have happened.
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RhesusMonk
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I was hoping to see what you might say about my comment
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I would suspect that racism or at least discrimination comes from two facets of human instinct. The need to find a scapegoat, or a way to offload any emotional baggage or problems onto others, failing to resolve them rationally; distrust of the uncertain as you pointed out; and the unwillingness to empathise or relate to someone who exists outside the immediate community or abides to different cultural norms and values.
The first one is certain to be reduced as developed and developing countries experience increasing living standards, economic prosperity and stability and the intra-dependence of global trade networks virtually eliminates the likelihood of a multilateral conflict. You're certainly still going to see scenarios like Rwanda in lesser developed countries, and you're still going to see governments categorically shift blame to minorities but on the whole I don't think you'll ever see it on the scale it has been prior in history.
In regards to the second and third, whereas intra-national sourcing of resources by corporations has created financial and economic interdependence, it is cheaper transportation and telecommunication developments that will help achieve a bridge of culture in the future. I doubt it has really dawned on the average consumer, just how global the production cycles of your typical set of groceries are. Actually on that note:
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5594/1195961793594xp0.jpg
Particularly as communication continues to improve and the ubiquity of it through the world expands, we'll see individual cultures more or less merge into one, to the point where any stark differences will become relatively narrow and any animosity or ethnocentricity will be greatly diminished. Or at least in theory
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