I Still Think We Are Smart Enough

I Like Some Animals More Than Some People, Some People More Than Some Animals.

So Long As We Continued To Attach More Importance To Our Own Narrow Group Membership Than To The 'global Village' We Would Propagate Prejudice And Ignorance. There Was Absolutely No Harm In Being Part Of A Small Group - Indeed, With Our Hunter-gatherer Band Mentality It Gave Comfort, Provided Us With An Inner Circle Of Friends Who Could Be Utterly Trusted, Who Were Absolutely Reliable. It Helped Give Us Peace Of Mind. The Danger Came Only From Drawing That Sharp Line, Digging That Ditch, Laying That Minefield, Between Our Own Group And Any Other Group That Thought Differently.

I Never Wanted To Give Up. I Thought I Might Have To. Especially At The Beginning When Chimpanzees Had Never Seen A White Person Before.they Gave One Look At Me And Ran Away! They Were Scared, But Eventually I Got Their Trust.

The Refugees Flee To Protect Their Families From Violence; The Europeans, On The Other Hand, Fear For Their Jobs That They Need To Feed Their Families.

Each One Of Us Matters, Has A Role To Play, And Makes A Difference. Each One Of Us Must Take Responsibility For Our Own Lives, And Above All, Show Respect And Love For Living Things Around Us, Especially Each Other.