people. It is very sad to say, but I think humanity is what is wrong with the world - or the lack of it. They way that we disregard the feelings of those from different backgrounds, religions and colours.

The way we choose to go to war with anyone who disagrees with us or refuses to give us what we want, and worst of all we try to find ways to justify this - there is no justification. You cannot take the life or one to avenge that of another, and if you do then surely that makes you just as bad as the person who caused the problem to begin with?

It is not only our fellow man that we seek to maime, kill and destroy with our actions. We are definately not shy with this, we do it to every other living thing we share this planet with! We constantly chop down trees and never replace them leaving the earth starved of oxygen, hunt animals for sport and drive them to extinction, test chemicals, medicines and cosmetics on them to find out what raw bleach does to your skin, cures for the common cold and the best lip gloss to go with your eyeshadow!

Do we really need to use as much paper as we do? Can we not recylce more? After all, the more trees we are choping down and killing, the less oxygen we have to breath! And does having the head of a moose or a deer on your wall make you any more of a man? Surely the tusks look better on the elephant? I know that cures for cancer and genetic diseases are important, but surely we would be better testing on the people who are actually suffering from these illnesses than giving them to some poor defenceless creature who cannot argue, fight back or even understand what is happening to them? Is finding the sweetest smelling shampoo or the best lip gloss all we have left?

We are supposed to be the most intelligent life form on this planet, I personally believe that this is the biggest joke I have ever heard in my life. No other animal would rape or murder their children, kill without cause or commit suicide.

Although we have made advancements in the way we walk, how we communicate and have made many improvements in our lifes through science and medicine, it doesn't mean that we are any better than any other creature on earth. Although most will disagree, you are probably disagreeing as you read this, but I personally believe we are by far the dumbest species on earth.

We talk about global warming, animals becoming exstinct, socially unacceptaable behaviour - such as rape, murder, theft and human trafficing whilest activley doing nothing to resolve these issues. We look at other socities in other parts of the world and try to justify our behaviour by saying that theirs is worse.

In Britian and the USA we speak with disgust of the behaviour of those in the Middle East, the very people we dropped bombs on not so long ago. The people in Japan we tested chemical warfare on, for no other reason than to see exactly what would happen!

Im sure the people in those countries look on in disgust at Western Society when they hear about children being sexually abused and hidden in cellars for years on end, child pornography and drive by shootings.

People talk about what suicide bombers can do with just a back pack, and then give George W Bush an army. It kinda speaks for itself, wouldn't you agree?

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