Our societies are white water chutes. There is no portage. Our world is rife with conflict. We must not deny it. Instead, we must strengthen our capacity and learn to live with differences and conflict while avoiding the tendency to slide into violence as a solution.
Conflict is legitimate.
We can agree to disagree. Resorting to violence is no longer viable. It will be our destruction. With the advent of new technology, the critical issues of this new revolution of compassion will be to learn how to live with one another. Who better to instruct us in this new venture than those who have been excluded and rejected in the past.