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Re:As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam among... by flashman on Sunday July 10, 2016 @08:15PM (#12067938)
> It's built into humans to prefer people like ourselves.

That's like saying it's built into humans to murder and rape. Some 'innate' human behaviours are actually based in circumstance. And even if our xenophobia is truly something we're born with, not cultured into, we can still aspire to be better. We can make it our culture to aim higher.

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Re:As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam among... by qu4z-2 on Sunday July 10, 2016 @09:58PM (#12068375)
What I'm getting from this is that you'd prefer people not be xenophobic. I assume from that that you are not xenophobic, since we tend to prefer people like ourselves. :)
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Re:As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam among... by flashman on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @07:54PM (#12083041)
To the extent that I'm xenophobic, I recognise it as something to be challenged, not indulged.
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Re:As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam among... by qu4z-2 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @03:43AM (#12084543)
I wasn't accusing you of being xenophobic. Sorry if I didn't convey that accurately.
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