Why does ethnicity make a difference?

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14 Mar 2007, 5:21 pm

Why can't the humans just stop conforming?

Why do the basque people need to know that they are "basque"? Why don't they just consider themselves citizens of either France of Spain or wherever they live?

And why do China have a problem with different chinese races? Why do they even have a name for it (like "Han-chinese" and "whatever-chinese")?

Behold, Humanity!
For I say to you:

There is no such thing as a basque people or a Han-chinese.
There is no such thing as a black man or a white man.
There is no such thing as an arab or european.
There is no such thing as a shia-muslim or sunni-muslim.

There exists only 1 Human Race, and you belong to only 1: Humanity!

Do not commit the sin and conform to a group of yours. For this is creating a false image of the human population on the Earth: That there are different species of humanity.

This is false. There are no other species of Humanity but Humanity!

There is no such thing as a shia or a sunni muslim, but a Muslim.

There is no such thing as a Catholic or a Protestant, but a Christian.

There is no such thing as a "Basque people" but a Frenchman or a Spaniard.

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Do not commit the sin of conformity.

There is only 1 Human Race: Humanity!

But 6 billion different souls!

I SAY TO YOU:

Go out and spread the word of mine!

Thou shalt not conform!

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14 Mar 2007, 5:27 pm

i'm part french, german, and italian and i enjoy each of my colorful ethnic backgrounds....but i'm american first and foremost.

and i still find the movie moscow on the hudson to be an inspiring movie.

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14 Mar 2007, 5:45 pm

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Why do the basque people need to know that they are "basque"? Why don't they just consider themselves citizens of either France of Spain or wherever they live?

Isn't claiming to be Spanish or French a part of conformity?

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14 Mar 2007, 5:50 pm

I'm human. Attacking me would be an attack on humans. :wink:

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14 Mar 2007, 5:56 pm

really, we should all declare ourselves one nation of humans...but that will never happen...the middle east will make damned sure of that one. so will most of eastern asia.

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14 Mar 2007, 6:11 pm

skafather84 wrote:

really, we should all declare ourselves one nation of humans...but that will never happen...the middle east will make damned sure of that one. so will most of eastern asia.

Nationalism is prevalent in all countries.

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14 Mar 2007, 11:35 pm

Division amongst human beings is a fact of life, we'll always find something to disagree over. We do not have a hive mind, our perceptions are different. Thus humans will always notice differences before similarities.

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14 Mar 2007, 11:40 pm

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I believe it requires an open mind. Too many people have closed minds and don't listen very well . . . or talk too much. They refuse to learn.

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14 Mar 2007, 11:47 pm

Corvus wrote:

T-rav20 wrote:

I believe it requires an open mind. Too many people have closed minds and don't listen very well . . . or talk too much. They refuse to learn.

I do have an open mind, and I do listen, but language is a very poor medium for transmiting meaning. Unless you're psychic, you can never truly see through another persons eyes, therefore your perceptions will always be different.

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15 Mar 2007, 8:44 am

Tell your fellow citiziens:

Thou shalt not conform.

And then, they will tell others the same.

And they say to others aswell: "Thou Shalt Not Conform".
And then the world behaves differently: No more wars to be fought. And no more political and economical suffering.

And the world will again become a Paradise.

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15 Mar 2007, 11:38 am

dktekno wrote:

And the world will again become a Paradise.

When was this world a paradise in the 1st place?

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15 Mar 2007, 12:27 pm

are you kidding me? someone always has to be better, richer, faster, and stronger than the next guy. could you imagine if everyone was treated fairly? theres too many people on this rock for it to work, its a good idea though.

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15 Mar 2007, 5:39 pm

dktekno wrote:

So I tell somone not to conform and they respond by conforming to me and repeating the message?

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15 Mar 2007, 5:45 pm

snake321 wrote:

dktekno wrote:

And the world will again become a Paradise.

When was this world a paradise in the 1st place?

Never, but the U.S. is practically the closest this world has come to a paradise IMO.

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15 Mar 2007, 6:14 pm

Santa_Claus wrote:

snake321 wrote:

dktekno wrote:

And the world will again become a Paradise.

When was this world a paradise in the 1st place?

Never, but the U.S. is practically the closest this world has come to a paradise IMO.

If you remove all the urban development resurrect all the chopped down tree's and cultivated farmland and return it to how it was in the 18th century you'd be right.

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15 Mar 2007, 6:15 pm

Santa_Claus wrote:

Never, but the U.S. is practically the closest this world has come to a paradise IMO.

That made my day.

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