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Originally Posted by Pacifier
The West is illegally fishing at their coast, taking away their source of income and additionally using their coast as a toxic waste dum. I don't think the west has much right to complain.
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Yeaaaah, I don't like the "but we're all assholes" argument. It doesn't seem very productive given any macro level discussion.
I also don't agree with the "stuff that happened four hundred years ago justifies current behavior of a tiny group of individuals" notion that has popped up in this thread a few times. It's naive at best. It stinks of reparations and Dr. Phil I'm-So-Sorry. I mean, that'd be like saying "well, it's okay, we screwed them" and let African Americans do drive-bys in white neighborhoods because of slavery, crack, and Michael Jackson's bizarre transformation.
Eventually we have to draw a new line in the sand, hold ourselves to a new standard, and punish those who don't live up to it. NES reset button.
Is it fair? Not at all. Turns out life is like that. Sure, white people have fucked up the planet... nobody argues that factoid. But eventually we have to forgive them for even their most evil crimes and focus on the future we have together on "This Island Earth."
We can talk about how horrible the conditions are in Somali and how Navy SEALs just deal with the symptoms of the disease... but let's not promote piracy by confusing it with growing pains or a temper . Symptom or disease,
it's all bad and deserves a SR-25 shot just the same.