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HAPPINESS
Everyone in our world deserves happiness, but not such happiness that results in the sorrow, grief, pain or unnecessary discomfort of others.

So, we agreed that if the source of someone's happiness has no negative effect on the genuine happiness of another, then he/she deserves, and should have such happiness.

But if the source of someone's happiness deprives others of happiness, and causes them to endure sorrow, grief, pain or unnecessary discomfort, then the rest of us must do all it takes to put an end to the perpetuity of such ungodly brand of happiness.

When we mentioned sorrow, grief, pain or unnecessary discomfort, we did not mean such as is borne of envy, strife, jealousy or some other form of evil that sprouts from the sight of another person's progress or wellbeing.

We meant such sorrow, grief, pain or unnecessary discomfort that stems from all forms of deliberate evil or wickedness meted out on one person or group of persons by another.

We said: "if one person derives some form of 'happiness' from deliberately killing or inflicting any kind of sorrow, grief, pain or unnecessary discomfort on another, such a person has crossed the thin line between being human, and being some other being that may be difficult to understand or describe.

Since such persons have lost touch with reason and humanity, they certainly do not deserve that which they regard as happiness, because it is to the detriment of others.

The rest of us who may still be human must band together - one way or another - to stop such beings and institutions from doing whatsoever they purpose to do in pursuit of their ungodly kind of happiness.

All humans in our world owe this duty to humanity."

© Ogbole Agala