This reminds me of one of those camp-fire stories.Those wisdom-loaded stories. A story went like this,once upon a time there existed one kingdom.This kingdom comprised of all creatures under the sun;the elephants,lions,human beings,giraffes,birds of the air,the water creatures...etc. They lived happily.Relations blossomed.Intermarriages happened. Children of this family could freely integrate with those of other families.There was no suspicion.The kingdom was one and all creatures in it were one...
As population increased something funny started popping up in the kingdom. Each family gravitated to its side. The cooperation that existed before thinned and thinned day by day. Some thought of doing something.They thought of engaging all families in dialogue so as to establish the root cause of this disintegration.After months of talking,talking and talking,it was established that one family was responsible for this. The human family was responsible.The humans,as they were called,wanted their own autonomy.They wanted to "show" other creatures that they had nothing to do with them and "their cooperation". Other creatures decided to move forward on their own and leave the human family on their own.
Later on after the human family grew bigger and bigger,disagreements emerged.Hostilities grew.Eventually, family members parted ways.Some moved to the north.Others to the south.And still others went towards the east and the west.This led to the emergence of villages.Villages grew larger and gave birth to chiefdoms which were later renamed "Nations",because they signify the "unity" of the human family.
But because they shared the same roots they decided to regroup again.They called this new reformation, "Council for the defense of humans".As in the name,the key role of this reformation was to "defend" and "protect" the human family.....On the other hand the other creatures remained as one.They maintained their cooperation....And the story ends.
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Look at this.... Which is noble; schooling orphans or expelling and dismissing those who do this under the pretext of protecting the State from "infiltration"?
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