Baby pigs goofing around with a peaceful tiger? This image came from Sukree Sukplang/Reuters–here’s their explanation:
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“Sai Mai, a 26-month-old female tiger, plays with baby pigs at a zoo in Chonburi province, 50 miles east of Bangkok, May 7, 2003. The Royal Bengali tigress was born in captivity and breast-fed by a female pig for four months after her birth.”
No kidding–at the Sriracha Tiger Farm (Thailand), you can visit those tiger-and-pig mixed families., where baby tigers are raised as pig family members.”><br />
(Another Sriracha Tiger Farm specialty–crocodiles! Quoting their website, you can enjoy there “<a href = )
How many times have you heard the pious hope that bringing diverse groups together would make people friendly? BZZZT! Wrong! People are much too smart (or too stupid) for this.
Ethnic groups in close contact rarely share space like good-natured tigers and happy little pigs. Pakistan glowers at India–Argentina smolders at neighboring Chile.
Who hates Northern Irish Protestants? Northern Irish Catholics, that’s who! Neighbours who ride the same bus routes and love the same tin-can brands of instant coffee and rice pudding.
I’m tired of pious hopes for cheap solutions. I can imagine human groups finding peace–IFF (scientific jargon for “if and only if”) they aren’t in conflict for the same scarce resources. If I see your needs as a threat to the needs of my kids–I’m not going to like you. No matter how well I know you, I’m not going to like you.