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Observe how this particular species on this certain planet drifting in a defined pattern in the cosmos seeks a more particular way of distinguishing itself from other species on the planet.

Observe how within this particular species there is a tendency to distinguish one animal from another in a certain fashion so that there is no mistake about who the person is you have encountered.

Observe how there is a need for some people to make it known that they are an individual and worth reckoning with in themselves as a unique individual and not just part of the whole.

Observe that one of the ways to do this is to put oneself on a plane that is higher than another and that this is easier to do if one distinguishes and separates into groups.

Observe that the easiest way to distinguish ones group from anotheris geographical location, ethnicity, race, language, nationality, personal habitation and of course physical characteristics.

Observe that from a young age people are taught or weaned into recognizing these patterns in other persons and children and they begin to make separations in their mind based on fear and the unknown.

Observe that from the unwillingness to explore the unknown in different persons and instead relying on stereotypical perceptions comes the tendency to turn fear into violence and hatred.

Observe that one of the earliest methods for distinguishing oneself from another group and cementing oneself into their group further is the art form of name calling.

Such as ...

Go ahead and call me names
I will call you names too
You got a name for me
I got another name for you
If we are presented with this problem from all sides
Here is one way that i know we can turn the tide
Call me names long enough and i will cease to hear
All i am really hearing is your face hiding fear
If there is one lesson you can learn from this today
Listen to what you feel and not what you say

Observe.

Call me names!

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from Minimum Detectable Activity EP (2003), released May 7, 2003
Written, Composed, Produced and Performed by Todd Guilmette.
Mixed and mastered by Todd Guilmette at The Fox Den in 2002.

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