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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 8078161" data-attributes="member: 6802378">“There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.”<a href="http://libertytree.ca/quotes_by/marcus+tullius+cicero" target="_blank">~ Marcus Tullius Cicero</a> (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and OratorWhoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.<a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/friedrich-nietzsche-quotes" target="_blank">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>"I would not wish to have to deal with an atheist prince, who would find it to his interest to have me ground to powder in a mortar: I should be quite sure of being ground to powder. If I were a sovereign, I would not wish to have to deal with atheist courtiers, whose interest it would be to poison me: I should have to be taking antidotes every day. It is therefore absolutely necessary for princes and for peoples, that the idea of a Supreme Being, creator, ruler, rewarder, revenger, shall be deeply engraved in people's minds. "Voltaire, French philosopher.13:23 Confucius said: “The Superior Man is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The inferior man follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.”"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong".<a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/thomas-sowell-quotes" target="_blank">Thomas Sowell</a>, economist.“If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.”Ayn Rand, writter."From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!"Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.---To say "if you are .... then you have to feel guilty" is a wrong strategy. It isn't only mutual respect, but also forgiveness, reconciliation and mutual trust, and here everybody has to make an effort. How to explain it with an example? the mutants from X-Men comics. Hundred of mutants are honest people, only want to live their lives with hurt nobody, but a couple of rotten apples are enough to spoil the reputation of all the collective. Hate against mutants is wrong, but also the reverse racism against the normies/"flatscans" by Magneto and the brotherhood of evil mutants. Or in "the Planet of the Apes" where the oppressed became the new oppressors. If we only say "those are the bad guys" then we only will are replacing a poison with other. To avoid the fall in the dark side of the force, to not becomes monsters like in the Nietzsche's warning then we have to defend the ethical principles of Natural Law, values as the good sense against the demagoge, trust against the fear, humilility against the blind pride, understanding against the predjudices compasion and patience against the resentment and the rage. Racism is wrong, but not all Caucasians are racists, neither all racists are Caucasians.My suggestion is using no-Caucasians as main characters enough interesting public identify with them. I have seen too much manga and anime to forget those characters are Japanese. When I enjoyed Disney's Aladdin TV cartoon show I forgot they were Arabians. But this can't seem forced. Miles Morales is a good guy, but I don't want him to replace Peter Parker. I want the both characters together. I don't want Ironheart replacing Iron Man, but Riri Willians as Tony Stark's pupil. Steve Urkel is one of the most annoying characters from the sitcoms, but he's the character I most identify with because I know what you feel when everybody sees your flaws but not your merits. The sitcom "the fresh prince of Bel-air" helped me to see the Banks family as normal people. Don't forget usually the positive stimulus are the best way to make people to change. We need diplomacy and social skills.* I loved "Kung-Fu", the tv show, (what helped me to know more about Chinese culture) but the sequel "kung-fu the legend continues" became a true "jumping the shark".</blockquote>

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