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Is The Human Experience the Same?

Mexico and Israel may seem like two countries with nothing in common, but that is very far from the truth. These two countries share something that is present between every global interdependent relationship on this planet. The //human// experience. The human experience is comprised of the feelings a person or a larger body feels when presented with a situation that has effected many people. It is perhaps the feelings that stretch across oceans, the feelings shared between global relationships, that truly show how alike the human experience is for every person. The Israeli and Mexican ministers of foreign affairs, for example, celebrated the bicentennial celebration of Mexican independence together. This relationship is a prime example of how pleasant events create happiness and friendliness between people. Another show of how good events create feelings of happiness, good will, and friendliness between people is the merging of two defensive technologies companies one from India (B.E.L.), the other from Denmark(Terma). These two companies are now working together to share their technologies for the betterment of both companies and to work together on bigger jobs. The merge has created a feeling of friendliness between the two companies, making them now more effective than ever. Effectiveness can be translated into more success and money for the companies, which can then be translated into more jobs which creates happiness for people on a smaller level. This improvement is sure to continue to improve as the economy recovers from the global recession. There is however, another side of the human experience spectrum that is shared just the same of the good feelings are. This feeling is that which spawns in controversy. The feeling of anger. It is sad that anger is so often shared during exchanges of global interdependence, but such exchanges are common and often leave a deep root that can be difficult to uproot. Take Nepal and India for example. When Nepal lacked the manpower needed to train its new diplomats and India offered to train the diplomats in New Delhi for free as a goodwill gesture, controversy sprung up. Existing Nepal diplomats believe that the new diplomats will be influenced by their southern brothers if they go to this program, and as a result the diplomats are angry at India. The Indian government meanwhile, is upset with Nepalese diplomats because they feel as if their gesture was slapped back in their face. It therefore, becomes very apparent how quickly a simple goodwill gesture can set off feelings of anger between two countries. A final example of how the human experience of anger at controversy, can be seen between the countries of Fiji and New Zealand. The New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji was recently accused of victimizing a Fijian judge, and was told he had to leave the country. This set off a chain reaction of anger that caused the country of New Zealand to expel the Fijian High Commissioner from their country, which again angered Fiji. Because of this dispute, now travelers from both countries to the other country will not have access to the services their high commissioner could have provided. This dispute will most likely continue to keep its roots dug in tight until necessity calls for a shovel to dig them up.  The human experience, as was demonstrated in the aforementioned examples, can be shown through many feelings. Whether is be feelings of happiness or friendliness in reaction to cooperation that has paid off, or controversy that has caused deep rooted anger. No matter where in the world the celebration or the conflagration of a dispute is happening, the relative feelings of happiness, friendliness, or anger will be present in all parties. If a person or a larger body is presented with an event that effects many people, both parties in the situation will feel the same emotion. The same human experience.

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