RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
December 6, 2016 at 1:23 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 1:24 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(December 6, 2016 at 1:17 am)wallym Wrote:(December 6, 2016 at 12:59 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What the eff???
Holy crap, there's been some scary ass posts on this forum recently.
Does what Syria and Russia are doing to those people seem out of character with the history of humanity?
It's kind of silly. America is here because our ancestors killed a lot of people. A LOT of people. And once they got everything they wanted, and were on top of the world, they said "Alright! Time Out! Killing's bad. Everybody has to be nice now!"
Indians: Now that you guys admit conquering is bad, can we have our land back.
US: Sorry buddy, that was before we called timeout on conquering.
US: *TIME IN!* invades Iraq *TIME OUT*
Syria: Doh! You guys are very quick with your times ins and outs!
What's your point? As time goes on and as we become more civilized, we learn from our mistakes, and things that were thought to be "ok" at one point, like slavery, rape, and genocide, are now seen as the monstrocities that they really are. It's disturbing to see someone saying that killing innocent ppl is a "fine" option just because it was viewed as ok at certain points in history. I'd like to think decent, civilized people have moved past that.
(December 6, 2016 at 1:21 am)Jesster Wrote: This thread got really dark. Just wow.
Agreed. I think I need to leave. This is making me feel sick.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
