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Do we see the world through rose coloured glasses Durst cut up the bodies of people Psychologists say He must have a mental illness perhaps but the spanish conquistadors cut up the bodies of american indian babies did they all have a mental illness the New Zealand Maori had the victory feast where they sat and ate the captives that lost their battle culture after culture has been cannibalistic treating each other in horrible ways did they all have mental problems look back through history and every culture every race has treated others horribly The American indian tied a man legs to two different bending trees and used the trees to split him in two the Japanese Used slivers of bamboo to take off one nail at a time The English had hung drawn a quartered a man was hung then dragged through the town behind horses before being cut in four with his head put on a stake to warn others not to break the law The Russians attacked and killed their Czar and his family killing their aristocracy to create a Communistic state do they all have a mental disorders or are all people capable of horrific behaviours I don't think that I could ever do what has been done but how much of who am i has been taught to me over the years if I had been brought up in a different way could I be a different person How much do we owe to God the bible teaches love thy neighbour the bible became the foundation of our laws is civilisation just a fabric a facade an illusion created to make ourselves feel better about life are we progressing toward paradise on earth or are we heading back into the depths of deprivation Is man just an animal waiting to be unleashed or is he the scholar the lover waiting to grow Imagine the bomb going down on Iraq their metal fragments slicing like knives through a two year old Granted they attack the world they use children as cannon fodder bombs when will human beings learn to love all people no matter what colour we are all the same

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