Today I want to show you a couple of pictures. I’d like to know what you think of them — where they’re from, what kind of people live there. Houses just down the block from you and me.
How about this one?
And a third.
Are these the homes of terrorists? Hostile Politicians?
Is the mother divorced? The father cheating on his wife? Are they Democrats? Republicans? Independents?
You see — you know nothing about the people who live in these houses. You have no idea of their problems, their dreams, their struggles. You have no idea if they’re African American or German or American Indian.
And you know what?
It shouldn’t matter.
I may be naive, but I tend to believe that most of the people in the world are good. They work, they love, they cry. They buy groceries, they take their kids to soccer, and stay awake at night.
We’ve got to get rid of this hatred of other people … hatred towards people we don’t know, never knew, or will never know. We have to fight the prejudices our parents and grandparents passed along to us. We don’t have to LOVE each other, but we certainly don’t need to HATE each other either.
Let them plant their flowers, mow their lawns, and wish upon a star at night. They deserve that chance free of hatred. So do we.
As for the pictures…?
The first one is from Poland, the second Greece, and the last Australia. All done with Google Earth.
Right down the road….
They are. And unfortunately it’s the mad ones that get all the attention. I’d rather be with my/our kind.
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Thank you.
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Heh! It’s hard to get street views in a lot of Australia!
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That should be outweigh.
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People are people all over the world. Our similarities far outway our differences. This was a great exercise.
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Totally
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Could be my neighbour here in Bell Post Hill, it looks hilly enough. 😊
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Absolutely. I tried finding your house in Australia…ha…maybe this is your neighbor! (I really didn’t..)
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Isn’t it funny that most of the rest of the world looks just like our world?
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The earth used to be flat, and the old road only went one-way, but now the earth is a circle and the new road goes all the way-around…….
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I was so wrong!!! Haha my guess was 1. Nebraska 2. California & 3. I wasn’t sure maybe Seattle.
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