First topic I've responded to since the Inhabitants began their long post-Stranger silence, but this is such an intelligent discussion I'd like to contribute.
There's a historical figure here in Virginia by the name of John Brown, a man with wild eyes and a wilder beard, who led a pivotal slave rebellion and captured a military armory. He and his slave fighters were quickly defeated by a squadron of marines, however, and Brown himself was soon hanged. To this day, he remains a controversial figure, many praising him as a hero and others condemning him as a violent fanatic. I think Abe would go down in Oddworld history as a similar character, as his cause is noble but he certainly leaves a lot of destruction in the wake of his quest.
I might also point out that Oddworld's races are divided even more heavily than we are on Earth, as there are so many different sentient species. If black and white men can't get along, how can one expect an armless Glukkon to identify with or see value in a gangly Mudokon? I would say that the Glukkons see the other creatures as merely animals, and the idea of equal rights for them would be as ridiculous as men giving cows the right to vote.
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