Are you trying to "win"?

With all of your respective ideologies flying around, I've had to ask myself if you're actually trying to "win". Do you have an understanding that we are one human race of people? Is competition really needed when we, as humans, have escaped such things as animalistic instnict with logic and justice?

Do you have ethics or morals that are absolute, or do they only apply to you and yours? I'm not talking about "Let's be one World"- I am merely questioning whether you all feel more fulfilled by treating others negatively for whatever reason or if you'd rather help everyone and anyone you can.

It's not a directive, but a question.

Aum Shantih Shantih Shantih

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I'm not afraid of him. The man is dead. He deserved to be killed because of his actions to start a war with the CSA. I treasure life, unless that life is attempting to take others' lives (i.e. starting wars that kill 900,000 people, etc).

They seceded because Lincoln was going to use taxes exacted on the poor farmers of the south to subsidize big business in the north and it pissed them off. They weren't afraid of their way of life changing. Most southerners didn't even have slaves. It was only a few rich plantation owners that still had slaves. CSA generals freed their slaves at the beginning of the war, USA generals didn't free them until they were forced to, after the war ended. Slavery was NOT the issue in that war.

Human or not is irrelevant. Personhood is what's relevant. I consider anyone a person if they respect the rights of other people. People who can't do that are human animals. I consider all people worthy of life. Non-persons are unowned property, and killing nonpersons is like going out and shooting a buck in the woods. Lincoln was NOT a person. He started a war over his fucking political career. He does not respect the rights of others. He was not a person, he was a human animal.