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Greed came into heart of the anger
illustrated when we see that the enemy occupies something that did not
belong to them. They started with envy, greed and then enforced their
anger to take what they wanted, or force the group of people to do what
they wanted them to do.
We can see that money played a large part
in this action also, which links to greed and envy the underlying
sources of anger.
Therefore, the root started with money, then envy, greed, which lead to
anger outbursts against another group of individuals. The cause was
noted as prejudice, which is a form of hate, and this instigated the
ultimate actions taking against these groups of people. At this time,
they had trading posts and bartering systems where many people trading
one product for another of equal value.
The persons would trade for land, fur,
food and so forth. There was not point in the incidents that took place
in this time, since in reality no one owns the land but God who in turn
gave it to all of us. If someone believed they owned the land, then
trading should have been negotiated for a part of the land, rather than
brutally murder, which was a reaction of anger.
Likewise, the slaves were sent across the
oceans and sold to the American people by their own race. This too was
because of money, greed, and envy. Prejudice may have been involved
since the source that sold the slaves probably viewed the people as less
superior. We can see that anger is in the picture, simply because the
roots and history are there to prove this. However, it may not have been
uncontrolled anger to the degree a person can express anger.
It did however cause anger down through
the centuries as people began fighting for their equal rights. Starting
with the Civil War we can see that these behaviors of others caused a
much more severe eruption of anger in a group of people and it was all
because of prejudice. First, and foremost if God is not prejudice who
gave these people the right to judge. The issue can be dealt with by
relating to the prejudice itself. If a person is prejudice, it is often
due to lack of understanding.
When someone is different, it often poses
a threat to others, simply because they do not understand. This causes
anger to build, since most people when threatened become angry. Now we
can look at these examples as a whole and see that anger affects
everyone. We see that anger started with one person or group of people
and continued throughout the history. Obviously then, anger is an
epidemic that all of us are influenced by, or has experienced.
Therefore, if you are prejudice you should sit down and review the
history, and think about what prejudice really means.
If you are this
angry with a group of people, it is simply because you lack
understanding. Ignorance then is another source that leads to angry
outbursts. Prejudice is not only ignorant; it is stupid if you are
not willing to learn. Our history has shown us that anger is
tolerable in the system, yet it is something we do not want to tolerate.
We can see that the system allowed anger in the, yet is now regretting
their tolerance. We can see this as the system is struggling to undo
what has already been done.
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