Topic 1; Persecuting people who are different than we are

The movie, V for Vendetta, shows us that the government is not always right. Many times the government takes drastic chances, only because it is afraid of the possibility of appearing weak. In the movie, people are persecuted by the new government for no apparent reason. I find this extremely cruel and utterly wrong. Even though it was only a movie, the fact that people are persecuted because they different than we are is a well known fact. I believe we do it because we are afraid of "different" kinds of people. If they do not look like us, act like us, or believe like us, they are "wrong" and many times persecuted. I think it is wrong for us to do this. I am not saying that there are not terrorists out there, or people who want to hurt us, I am simply stating that we should strive to know and understand them and where they come from before we pass judgment or ultimately persecute them.