Never Plant a Plant if You Don't Like its Fruit

   We may be far from having the wars of Nigeria and Libya in America, but I cannot help but seeing that the seeds that led to war there have been planted here, as well.
   Never was a war fought without hatred. No, never was a war fought without hatred being present.
   So, the recipe for war is a simple one: Divide the people into two camps and get them hating each other and, if you get them worked up enough, sooner or later, one of them will pull a gun and fire. Sometimes, the hatred can be all one-sided, and if haters get riled up enough, you'll still have your war.
   In America, we have two kinds of hatred that are common. One pits those of one political persuasion against those of the other political persuasion. Then, there is the hatred that pits people against government -- and, some who oppose government are, indeed, speaking of taking up arms. (Plant a word, reap an action?)
   Yes, we might be a long ways from civil war. We can only hope so. But, the seeds that lead to war are indeed the very seeds we have allowed to be planted. Day after day we are cultivating them, speaking with hate toward each other and our government. How much the seeds will grow, we can only wonder. But, it should be said, never plant a plant if you don't like its fruit.

We may be far from having the wars of Nigeria and Libya in America, but I cannot help but seeing the seeds that led to war there, being here, as well. Never was a war fought without hatred.

We are far from it, but in someways we can see a little of what happens there happening here. People divide into two sides, hating the other and despising them and speaking ill of them, and the hatred spawns war and killing and anarchy. In America, we might never reach that point. I hope not. But, there is hatred of each other, by those of two different viewpoints. . . .