$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeakKYJelly', '
')Just a small question. When the Indians fought each other, and stole land from one another, does that bother you as much as when the Europeans did the same exact thing to the Indians?
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by Concerned » Sun 16 Jul 2006, 13:49:30
How could it bother me "as much" on the equivalence scale localised fighting and shifting land boundaries, is totally different to the European assault.
I just don't buy into the argument that because the Indians fought each other, this somehow justifies European genocide. There is a significant difference between essentially localised fighting and shifting land boundaries compared to the eventual extermination of a peoples and culture.
If China (or other Entity) gets powerful enough do they get to drop a few H bombs on the US because the US dropped two on Japan?
Could they gas Germans because Germans gassed Jews? Could they firebomb British cities ...
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by Concerned » Sun 16 Jul 2006, 13:56:30
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeakKYJelly', 'S')tephen Hawking says mankind must colonize other planets, to ensure the survival of the human race. Do you think his comments are irrelevant? Is he living in a bubble? Should someone tell him that since the universe must one day come to an end, why even bother?
Considering we put man on the moon in 1969 and 37 years later we can barely keep a solitary space station in orbit. I'd venture a guess that people won't be colonizing the moon, mars or other planets any time soon.
Best we learn to live with each other and reduce our numbers.
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