(July 23, 2016 at 7:00 pm)abaris Wrote:(July 23, 2016 at 6:54 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: You don't help people at the expense of your own community. There's a line you draw. I do see the world as you do for example, yet I don't think merging two cultures separated by some 6 centuries or so in advancement is the best idea for either of them.
OK.
Quote:First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Copyright pastor Niemöller. But don't let that disturb you, since even a clergyman can be a better person than some atheists. He was persecuted by the Nazis and survived to turn his own feelings of guilt into a very well known poem. Obviously wasted on some, who fart into their comfy chairs and don't concern themselves with the fate of others. Especially if they are some 600 years removed from their own feelings of superiority.
I'd get offended if I didn't know your worldview to be so utterly simplistic I can't blame you for such a response.