(June 26, 2019 at 10:21 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:Quote:-Calling them 'Saudi Arabians' doesn't make them the property of the Saud family anymore than calling US citizens 'Americans' makes them the property of the Vespucci family of Italy.
Amerigo was credited for discovering "the new world". The house of Saud discovered nothing, they butchered their way through invading the native tribes of Arabia and declared themselves "kings" in the 18th century. Nobody even chose them. They treated any opposition just like Kashoggi was treated.
There is no comparison between them and between Amerigo. They don't even know geography. That's why betting on them and allying oneself to them is a time-bomb and a disaster.
Utterly immaterial. These people are properly called 'Saudi Arabians' because they live in a country called 'Saudi Arabia'. It isn't an insult and it isn't meant to imply ownership of the people and it isn't meant to glorify the Saud family. It makes no difference how vile and rapacious the Sauds are, were, or might be in the future.
Objecting to the term 'Saudi Arabian' because of the Saud family makes about as much sense as objecting to 'New Zealander' because the Vikings weren't always very nice.
Boru
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