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wires = great hanging device

the grand illusion

 

Let's see now.. we've divide us into those who have lighter skin, and those who have darker skin tone. And those who have higher cheek bones and slightly longer eye lids from those who have lower cheek bones and shorter eye lids. We've been divide by continent, & somewhat by ethnic leaning.. This is bananas. What there is is cultural differences - the rest is just splitting hairs, as I see it.

So, of the dozen or more tribal population subgroups in Africa, all as different genetically from one another as they are genetically from the rest of the globe's population put together, are all lumped together as "black". And "white" is the generic term for northern European groups, with a fair mixing of genetics from the Asian subgroups, as well as North African.

And if we consider that it was one tribal group in Africa, the Namibians, that split, and the result was a migration to the rest of the earth's land masses, with very slight genetic shifts to adapt to different climates, that then became the populations in the rest of the globe until the historically recent mixing of gene pools.

Then going a little further back, all the African populations and all the global populations of us came from one group in Africa..

I suppose we're all visually cued, like birds, to some extent, so these minor things are noticeable, and selection like the birds of paradise occurs as well - but basically, we're pretty much the same. State of mind varies more than minor variations in appearance, etc., so what we are is more a matter of how we think. Variety is the spice of life, so I'm fine with that! But these old ways of lumping and splitting have got to go. In today's world, we are becoming more and more global culturally, but distinct locally based on ethnic flavors; trying to say someone is such-and-such is more like saying someone is a Tiger's fan, or a Bruin's fan - they may root for one team, or identify with that label, but it's all just a grand illusion..

TL;DR

People like categorizing things.

It makes it easier for them to figure out what to hate, I suppose.

trying to say someone is such-and-such is more like saying someone is a Tiger's fan, or a Bruin's fan -

 

Oh God don't even get started on Tiger Woods! He's like 13 races perfectly combined to create the ultimate Werther's Sampler of Humanity.

Yea, I agree! I've got friends from all over the globe, and we're no different from one-another, outside of our personalities and perspectives on things.. I think we're saddled with late 19th century thinking from the bad old days...

 

This is probably spam.

 

It was until I changed the link ;)

I must say those are some delicious bikkies

Do you have Chocolate HobNobs? that sounded nasty :laugh3:

Have you seen this tea rap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA

 

oh my gah, that was pimp. :laugh3: