No country would ever consider it an act of evil to deny a pig human rights. Therefore, if you were to define someone speaking a different tongue, someone of different color, someone of a different heritage as a pig in human form, any oppression, persecution, or atrocity you might inflict upon them would never be regarded as cruel or inhumane. It was when we believed this to be true, when we allowed this to come to pass, that the Republic of San Magnolia's demise began and the moment it ceased.