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Originally Posted by Brian W
Ken, what you have noted is regrettably very true. The effect is , for lack of a better term, 'the us versus them syndrome'. it is not only to be found in religion. Sports, nations, clubs, brand of beer you drink all depend upon this syndrome.
Have you ever noticed that once you buy a car you start to notice how many of 'your' type of car there are?
Anything that is based upon us versus them has the potential for violence.
Brian
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Well, this is a basic human instinct - we evolved as pack animals.
And this being a fact, the only thing we can do is to channelise this behaviour somehow - globalisation (universal dependency of everyone on anyone) is (unfortunately for some) one of the current options.
Another one may be the building of World Empire... Which one do you prefer
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