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Carson Koepe <br />Honorable Mention <br />RAMS Grade <br />Simmons <br />Human Rights Essay <br />Stereotyping, pre udice, and discrimination. These three actions breed the worst <br />of human behaviors. Collectively they mean; ar ud men o action in di sregard sregarc of one's <br />rights, a prejudged view. They lead to racism and to hatred. hate <br />powerful f <br />can lead to wishing for the death of another. To me the are the basis for <br />people's hurt <br />and in justice. They are the very cause for the reed of ""Human l htsJ'V <br />For millennia, people have suffered from the actions of other people who <br />committed injustices. hristlanity Islam, and Judaism the three religions <br />t hat sprouted <br />from Abraham, have obsessively hated each other for centuries. They have fought war <br />after war with each other, disregarding ost human rights In the <br />g process. The most <br />f amo of these wars were the Crusades. Darla the 2 <br />and 13th cent <br />European Christians fought with Muslims for control of the of Lard. <br />movie called <br />""Kingdom of Heaven"' is a great historical fiction story of the Crusade gives a fairly <br />accurate portrayal of what life was lie during the period of the first crusade. <br />T hese <br />were bloody, ruthless wars where human rights were virtually nonexistent. stern. They <br />treated each other like 'dogs' and man heads left their bodies. This filled age was filled rrth <br />all sorts of re rdice and discrimination. Life was hard sad and short. <br />My church Pastor recently took a trip to Israel. W hen she returned a fe w eeks <br />later she had many ar story to tell. Most eo le p robably kn about the <br />p p deadly confli <br />occurring there today, but It is substantially different to hear about i <br />firs Hatred <br />was openly shown by the Jews for the Palestinians, and vice versa. The Mus of the <br />surrounding countries would dearly love to push Israel Into the sea <br />het the J ews have <br />the upper hard. one example ple of the racism in Israel was when m <br />pastor and her tour <br />group were trying to enter an important holy building. The Jews who were standing <br />guard refused to let the Palestinian- Americans, w ho w ere Christian to enter wi the <br />group. Generally, thre living conditions of P lestinian eo le there are horrible. <br />p p One of <br />the ways that the Palestinians feel hie can fight hack ag ainst the Jews sui <br />g i's surrde <br />bombings. don't even reed to list off the international laws <br />or human rights <br />violations to tell you that all of this is definitely wron <br />When I was on r trip to Disney World a fear weeks ago there was a cris rs rrr the <br />D e t roit airport. over the intercom carne a voice s that there wa <br />a security <br />breach. They would not give any details. We were told that all flights we re dlad until <br />