Adam Lenda writes In my post of earlier sparked a conversation with a close friend who felt I might be waisting effort. This lead to a long talk and concluded with this post from me to them. I felt it neatly summed up my position, so (with their consent) I'm posting it here. (in response to there questions).... Because our world is going to be one hell of an awesome place once we can all stop fighting with each other over little scraps of land and imaginary friends we worship once a week and start focusing on the advancement of the species on an interstellar scale. .... My ancestors where so Irish they couldn't find jobs and so polish they couldn't speak a lick of english and each had insular communities all their own and never spoke to each other all of that is gone it took three generations, but it is gone The same thing is possible between us and people from other cultures it just takes time, understanding, and above all communication so each conversation I have with someone from another culture helps erode the differences between us I become a little more like them and they become a little more like me it is scary and unpredictable and full of opportunities to screw up and get it wrong but so is anything worth doing So that's what that post was about standing up next to Rehan and other people like them and saying, "I'm a human first and so are you. We'll sort the rest out as we go" Do Add adam on your Facebook