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Analysis of humanity #9 : Different

Recently, something caught my attention, while I was reading the news this morning, I came across an article that began like this......

"ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Nov. 12) - A man whose boat capsized in rough seas off the Florida coast treaded water for six hours, watching his friend die, while two boaters refused to pick him up apparently thinking he was an illegal immigrant from Haiti."

The boaters basically let the man's friend drown because they thought he was from a different country.  "Hey, do you think we should help them?" "Nah, they're foreigners, they don't deserve to live."  Sadly, this attitude is not new, as long as humans had serperate societies, they have felt apathetic towards those who were different.  They feel that they are superior to those of different nationalities, ethnic background, philosophies, and religions.  In ancient times, during war, it might've been a little advantage, but now it is a hinderence to the goal of peace. It's shocking that humans are now thinking of space travel and contact with intelligent alien life, while they still butcher each other and all life around them.