(March 21, 2020 at 11:04 am)WinterHold Wrote: You cry because Coronavirus is killing some thousands of you.
But why didn't you cry for Chinese Uighur Muslims butchered by the communist government?
Why didn't you cry for the Millions in Syria killed by Assad?
Why didn't you cry for Millions killed in Yemen by Saudi/U.A.E airstrikes?
Why didn't you cry for thousands tortured in prisons of Saudi Arabia?
Does humanity of today deserve covid-19 ?
I say yes.
Millions would also say yes.
Just like when the Black Death came.
Atlass, it isn't a matter of deserve or don't deserve.
It is an unfortunate reality that evolution doesn't give a shit because it is a biological process, not human construct. It is only observed by scientists who use language to describe their observations.
Muslims, nor Jews nor Christians, nor Buddhists or Atheists deserve to be oppressed.
The virus itself does not give a shit who it makes sick or kills. It doesn't care about our religion or politics or history. It is a virus.
HUMANS, no matter our label are the only ones who have the power to mitigate and limit the damage it does to our species, and that has to be a collective effort outside our species differences.
My late mother was a lifetime Catholic. But do I wish COVID -19 on her because she held beliefs I thought were bullshit? NO. I also would not wish the virus on you either. But that does not mean, in either case, that I have any obligation to not respond to bad claims.
If our species fails, it will solely be because WE collectively put our differences and tribalism above our common needs.
If you don't want to die from the virus, and I damned sure know I don't either, then maybe humans worldwide need to fucking skip the religious and political tribalism and work together.