"Not all men are brothers."
-see here.
I agree with Schiller:
"All men will emerge as brothers..."
-see here.
Does Guthrie's comment sound familiar? Remember Max Abrams and Dominic Flandry. See All Beings Are Brothers?
We can't speak about all beings yet but I suggest that all men are brothers even if some do not realize it. Mythologically, we are sons and daughters of Adam and Eve. Biologically (I think), all Terrestrial organisms are descended from a single self-replicating molecule.
Those who do not recognize brotherhood should not be coerced into brotherly behavior. What could be more alienating? But they can be restrained from the worst kinds of unbrotherliness:
"It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Kaor, Paul!
No, I disagree with you and agree with Guthrie and Abrams. Because not all men are brothers to each other. I do NOT regard the illegals, criminals, cheats, line jumpers, drug smugglers, and sex traffickers swarming across the southern borders of the US as brothers. I deny these foreigners have the right to arrogantly shove their way into other peoples' countries in defiance of their laws.
And I am FURIOUS at "Josip" and the Democrats for not defending the US! They have to GO!!!
Ad astra! Sean
Cain and Able were brothers…
And the story of Cain and Able is a very good parable of what can go wrong between brothers.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling and Paul!
I agree, the story of Cain and Abel shows how badly things can go wrong with brothers.
Ad astra! Sean
Also, England, Ireland, the US and Russia have all had civil wars.
Kaor, Paul!
And China, Japan, Mexico, et al. Practically all nations larger than Liechtenstein had civil wars. And such conflicts can be more impassioned, envenomed, and embittered than ordinary wars between nations. Even now, western France has not forgotten the genocidal brutalities of the French Revolution.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
And other kinds of civil conflicts leave lasting memories. Someone canvassing for the Labour Party in the 1970s was told, "Don't bother with next door. They scabbed in the General Strike!" (1926)
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
True, but that seems so trivial compared to the hatred and fury lingering in western France.
Ad astra! Sean
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