I don't share it either. Longer-lived and healthier due to their heritage, better educated because of their contact with elves but inheritantly better? I doubt it.
People are afraid of those different to them, and that fear leads to hatred, not healthy curiosity as it should.
One of the prominant original members of the Waler Horse Society happens to be aboriginal. When her name came up for life membership it is surprising how many people who claimed to be her friends objected on the basis of her race!
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Date: 2004-07-17 03:01 am (UTC)People are afraid of those different to them, and that fear leads to hatred, not healthy curiosity as it should.
One of the prominant original members of the Waler Horse Society happens to be aboriginal. When her name came up for life membership it is surprising how many people who claimed to be her friends objected on the basis of her race!