THE GOOD WORD ACCORDING TO · THE ULTRA-HARRIER
WILLIE
A female child reproaches HarryThe tree of man
Chapter 12
I ask you, What is the difference between the jChosen Nations, whom you hate, and all the Others for whom you have so much klove?
2You see that the tree you hate is big, and so you think that every small tree is beautiful and good.
3But this is a lie which you have made up for yourselves, because you are not very smart and cannot think of any other way to look at it.
4The truth is that all trees are of the same tree,
5Which is the tree of Mankind,
6And one is not different from the other in its basic nature.
7You would revile the lconquistadors because they committed genocide in the name of aGod against the Mayas and the Aztecs,
8But I ask you, Did not the bMayas and the Aztecs also commit genocide in the name of God against those who opposed them, and even against their own people?
9You would deplore the cBrits who committed genocide against the Zulus of South Africa, not even in the name of God, but in the name of the king, for the purpose of expanding their evil empire.
10But again I ask you, Did not the dZulus commit genocide against their neighbors, also in the name of their king, for the purpose of expanding their empire?
11And so what is the difference between the conquistadors and the Mayas, or between the Brits and the Zulus?
12The only difference is that the Spic tree was taller than the Maya tree, and the Brit tree was taller than the Zulu tree,
13Just as the American tree is taller than the tree of Southeast Asia or the tree of the native Americans.
14And if you cut down the biggest tree, you will simply make room for the smaller trees to grow taller,
15By committing genocide against their neighbors and their own peoples,
16eWhich is what they all want to do anyway,
17All of them,
18Including even the very tiniest trees on the planet,
19Even unto the headhunters of the rain forest,
20Who have no nuclear weapons,
21Or B-52s,
22Or napalm,
23But still want more fheads anyway,
24Because they too are of the tree of gman.
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