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Originally Posted by Sowa
Wow you are quite amazing. Yes they are doing the same thing in China. My point is that the West is very selective in who they memorialize. The order they care about people is roughly in this order:
USA/Canada, Western Europe, Australian
Israel
Eastern Europeans/Latin America
Asia
Africa
Some call it racism or culturalism. I don't know why your panties are getting in a wad over people pointing out the obvious double standard in Western Society. I have no problem with their being huge memorials to the Jews killed in the Holocaust. In fact I spent a long time travelling across Europe and made it my point to visit as many of those places as possible. I do have a problem when we ignore the rest of the world though. You seem to think that it has to be an either/or type thing, why can't it be both? I guess it's you who doesn't give a about the Chinese who died? Because that's now how you are coming off.
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Maybe you can watch one of many movies every year that have nothing to do with Jews. There is no obvious double standard unless you choose to see one. There are many many assorted cultural festivals for assorted groups. The 'west' is not selective about who they memorialize...if a group wants attention, they can simply mobilize and create attention. If the Jews have done a good job in this region of memorializing a very important aspect of their history, then good. Let everyone else do the same thing.
There are other groups that are just as strong, yet a thread about Hitler and some photos quickly spirals into questioning why the holocaust has so much attention.
And thanks for the compliments about how amazing I am.