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They build jails. Kill'em or jail'em. Intimidate. Rule by terror. Above all else, divide. Play on factions, Indian Mughals, Sikhs, Jats, Hindus, Marathas.. uh.. New Zealand Maori, Hongi, Waikatos, Taranaki.. uh .. play Arabs and Jews for an easy hand on the Suez Canal. Stoke the Greek and Cypriot fires. Who the hell else? There are so many. Divide. Divide and conquer. So, Catholics, Protestants warring against each other, that works. Both were mulling about there in the curious rabble. Irish are Irish, shoot them all. Rebels, onlookers, all fair game. Intimidation. Terrorism. It comes down to where lines are drawn. Where does civility end? At what distance does a living breathing entity lose empathy and become prey? Is it just a short span of water? Language? An accent?" "Marcus muttered, "We are biologically driven to heterogeneity but socially driven to homogeneity." Thonk "Owww! What the hell..." "You said homo," Mina made bug eyes. She was just looking for an excuse to thonk him. Homogeneity would have to do. "Gimmee that thing." But she kept it out of reach as John went on. " Dogs can be dear family or served roasted. Time, place, culture, and context matter.Do we embrace variety or massacre it?" With this, John paused, to an unchallenged silence, then continued. "So you have a so called rebellion crushed with rapid follow up executions on one hand - pass me that sugar - thanks - offset by huge pressure to produce soldiers for World War I. Promises were made to that end. By the way, did you know that James Conolly was from around here? Lived down near the tracks. Spoke fluent Italian." "Italian?" was a group surprise even shared by Shannon. "Yeah. Think about it, an