"Discrimination is rooted deep inside of humans... Claiming to coexist in times of peace is nothing but to maintain a good image. Human always separate themselves from others. They won't feel secure if they have no one to despise. So they use the colour of skin to separate and enslave others. It's the same even between comrades...."

For those who don't know, I'm reading a manga called Elfen Lied right now, and the storyline is really disturbing... along with making me ponder about alot of stuff related to humans. This quote comes straight from the story, which is very... dark.

I don't know if other people feel like this, but I get affected by stories a hell lot. People like JonJ may read manga/watch stuff for superficial reasons *ahemahem* (or hes just faking it really well), but I dont know if people really take stuff so deeply. I tend to get so affected I stop speaking for hours on end, pondering matters in my mind, which is fairly noticable on New Year's eve.