Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24198837-20140421023639/@comment-24400457-20140421154816

All the discrimination is is propaganda born from our second nature to boost our own self-esteem. Humans and Faunus alike will paint the other as inferior based on what traits that race has that the other race doesn't. White people have, and always will have, a superiority complex over black people. Heterosexuals have, and always will have, a superiority complex over homosexuals and bisexuals. And men have, and always have, a superiority complex over women.

Sure that, as a generalisation, is absolute bollucks; typically we have become far more tolerant of our fellow selves. BUT the general rule will likely always hold true. There will always be people willing to discriminate based on race, gender, sexuality or anything else that separates us. And that willingness is born of human nature to feel better than everyone else, to feel above someone else, to feel as good about yourself as possible.

As for if Faunus are superior based on the fact that they have say... heightened reflexes, enhanced hearing, night vision or a prehensile tail... I wouldn't say so. It's just... different. With more acute hearing comes sensitivity to more painful noises that humans are protected from (potentially the kind of frequency produced by a dog whistle for example) and with night vision comes INCREDIBLY sensitive eye sight, which would be a massive issue for a Faunus given how sudden light intensity changes could be an every day occurrence and with a prehensile tail comes yet another thing you need to keep attached to your body.