With one of the most important "informative" holidays, Easter and Earth Day, right around the corner, Animalia was starting another wave of preparations. But because there were some new members who didn't know what Easter was about, there were those who had to explain it. Fortunately, it also seemed to help explain some other things.
"So part of the reason why most people don't look too kindly on Muslims," said Maggie, explaining to Adi what Easter was about, "was that the religious authorities at the time portrayed Christianity as the 'religious good', and Islam as the 'religious evil', and vice versa."
"That still doesn't make any sense." said Adi, "If the popes at the time managed to stop, think, and even compare notes with the Muslim Council, they would have found much to agree on."
"You know that; I know that;" agreed Maggie, "But the religious authorities at the time didn't. They only cared that they were in the right and their opponent was in the wrong."
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Mr. Hyun and Ling were also learning more and more about Animalia. While both Mr. Hyun and Chairman Kim had both accepted (grudgingly) that Animalians would never be used as super soldiers, they were still planning to have a colony of their own. That was probably why Ling was eagerly reading through an information/tourist book about Animalia and it's colonies and what was at each one. The plan was that, during the summer, the two of them would visit each one to learn more about Animalia alongside Carrie, Adi, Allura (and her possible new bondmate), Xena, and the Hanson herd (as they called themselves).
After spending some time in Animalia, Mr. Hyun was already coming to understand more and more about it and America in general. Many of the fact that most Americans take for granted were revelations for him. He knew that the Americans had thrown off an imperial power, but not the circumstances that lead to it. Also, talking with the PR-MD agents helped him understand more of the tension between his country and the rest of the world.
"Because of the way that many Koreans were portrayed in popular media throughout American history," said one PR-MD agent, "Everyone just assumes that's the way it was without actually getting to know real Koreans."
"I never knew about that." said Mr. Hyun.
"That's also what the IAC is about, about really getting to know people without stereotyping or prejudice." continued the PR-MD agent.