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To be honest the original post reads like a MySpace bulletin.

Anyway.

Regardless of how we, a bunch of people on an anime forum, act or think there will always be Xenophobia, there will always be bigotry, ignorance etc. I think you get my meaning.

No country or person can truly say they have never discriminated against how someone looks, acts or says, there's always been a situation where you've done that which you condemn now.

It's a human condition to be afraid of what's different, and the feeling only gets stronger in cultures where racial diversity is very little, but on the opposite end it's also the same with nationsa that are very racially diverse.

Case in point, Japan is probably one of the least (racially) diverse nations I've seen, and also one of the most Xenophobic according to the United Nations, foreigners are treated worse regarding jobs, buying a home and basically anything, of course such views are very slowly being removed, and quite a few younger japanese people will act friendly towards you.

And on the other end, we have a country like Australia, my country, whilst we're all not racist, there still exists a severe phobia towards Asia and the Middle East in general, a recent survey (I know statistics are bullshit, but bare with me) revealed that even Australians who don't consider them racist still were suspicious of people who wore clothing that revealed them as Muslim.

Of course I can argue that we as free Westerners, given the right of free speech must accept that as much as we can say, we must also receive, in other words we can't whine about being offended by someone, as they are, in fact, exercising their right to free speech.

And on another subject.

War, or violence in general.

Warfare is not new to humanity, we've been fighting and killing since we all existed in tiny little social tribes, sometimes diplomacy can and will fail and force is the only way to prove the point that you see as right.

As much as I would love to see the concept of Peace and 'Love', so to speak, dominate the world, the realistic side of me slaps me across the back of the head, tells me to shut up, and look outside my window, the universe is a very cold, dark and empty place, and we humans are of no consequence when compared to it, we are a mere mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

No one will come to save us, nor do I hold much hope that we can save us from ourselves, I still hold much hope for humanity, but I remain cynical as to whether we really do have a future to look forward to when such terrible things happen day by day.