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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
And what I think is sad is that you have no desire to try and understand why these injustices are happening.
You can't stop these things unless you understand it.
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Why do you think this is some special situation where understanding is so hard to attain? It wasn't that long ago that very similar behaviors were displayed in North America (and in a number of places they are still ongoing).
Do you really think that the Russian mind/culture is so very different that the answer is something new and unique? Do you feel that you need a PhD to be able to figure out the inner workings of Russian culture to find a magic switch to make them stop oppressing a a certain group of people?
History already provides many examples of similar situations and many different paths for trying to stop the problem.
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
It's like Cancer. What would be better, finding a cure, or finding a way to stop people from ever getting it to start with? Personally I think the right answer is finding a way to stop people from ever getting it.
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Generally speaking though, sitting back and doing nothing has never been a very successful decision when it comes to fighting cancer. Trying to find ways to prevent it is great but if you have a patient with cancer sitting right in front of you, you should really deal with him immediately instead of waiting for him to die while you go off to find a way to prevent someone else from getting it.
Which is better? It doesn't matter because there are enough resources to do both (prevention and treatment).