> Oh yes..we do have our share of fanatic extremists; the question of
what
> aspects of religion  corrupt a soul to such depravity has kept me and
my
> dad engaged in long fruitless late night conversations when we get
> together..
> Regards
> Madhu Annapragada

I think some people are truly broken in that way. They are unable to see
people of class X as real people. Some go even further, and they don't
see that anyone matters except themselves.  I'm sure there's medical
terms for this. 

Then we get to the people who have been taught that others of class X
are less human or not human.  These are people who are salvageable, but
have been led astray.  I do NOT believe that this is natural at all.
Watch children play, especially in the 1-2 year old range where it will
have been difficult to teach them racism or anything like that. 

We all have pain in our past, caused by other people and events. It's
easy to transfer that to class X.  I'd done some of that, and I wasn't
aware of it. It becomes like a blind spot. It's there, but you can't see
it without help.  HAI is about pulling up those issues, and dealing with
them. Sometimes it's as simple as seeing it and saying "well that's
stupid" and moving on. Other times it's really gut-wrenchingly
traumatic. Ask me how I know. (privately)




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