Jaskalas
Lifer
- Jun 23, 2004
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Western people are constantly inventing newer, better and more destructive ways of killing their fellow human beings. They have mastered violence and destruction, yet they believe they are somehow above it.
We believe other groups would not have been as kind as we have been. Because after we conquered the world you're all still here to complain about us.
People like to reference Europe's military conquests after the Renaissance, thanks to their new-found economic and technological prowess. Yet as violent and bloody as colonization was - you have to admit it took a more advanced society to cross the world's oceans to achieve that. Such advancement first required a more civil demeanor, at least at home.
Sure we burned witches and committed genocides, but progress does not come all at once. Got to slowly work towards a brighter future and I think we are / were a step ahead. Do not forget that though we held slaves, it was Africa who sold them to us. They were already in chains forged at home. Eventually we were the ones who broke those chains.
Yeah you have the right to complain, and I support you because we can always do better, but if you think we're bad you should take a look around at the rights of protestors or minorities on the world stage.

