The difference between civilization and primitivism

[peter12]

Albinos hunted down for limbs with "supposed" curative powers...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to $75,000 selling a complete dismembered set.

Keep in mind, I'm talking about a culture, not the people that live within it.

[T@T]

Unbelievable

Sometimes it's hard to have faith in humanity.

[TheU]

Africa is awesome. What highly evolved, intelligent, industrial folk that continent is filled with

[peter12]

Originally Posted by TheU

Africa is awesome. What highly evolved, intelligent, industrial folk that continent is filled with

Biology has nothing to do with it. I don't want to make this into a racist attitude towards Africans. After all, it's the albino Africans who are the victims.

[Kybosh]

Historically, it has not been uncommon to eat enemies or other people that you think will give you special abilities. Even in that movie District 9, the human gang members were eating the aliens to try and gain their powers.

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by TheU

Africa is awesome. What highly evolved, intelligent, industrial folk that continent is filled with

I think you are evidence that the west isn't all that evolved or intelligent either.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by TheU

Africa is awesome. What highly evolved, intelligent, industrial folk that continent is filled with

If you mean what I think you mean, you sir are awful.

[TheU]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

If you mean what I think you mean, you sir are awful.

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

[peter12]

Originally Posted by TheU

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

I'm going to agree with you here.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by TheU

Africa is awesome. What highly evolved, intelligent, industrial folk that continent is filled with

Yeah I mean there's nothing morally reprehensible that ever happens on north american soil.

[TheU]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Yeah I mean there's nothing morally reprehensible that ever happens on north american soil.

LOL. hey lets have a contest. lets see which continent has more genocide, endless civil war, complete lack of basic human rights, rape and murder of women and young girls.. wait, nm. tahts a waste of both our times and i suspect you know it

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by TheU

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

And imperialistic attitudes had no impact on that at all...

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by TheU

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

I am last in line of political correctness, but to to use words like "evolved", it could easily be misunderstood. Pardon me for reading into your words, but if not as if these types of things haven't been said. Careful with your words.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by TheU

LOL. hey lets have a contest. lets see which continent has more genocide, endless civil war, complete lack of basic human rights, rape and murder of women and young girls.. wait, nm. tahts a waste of both our times and i suspect you know it

Oh so just because North America hasn't been a wasteland of rape, murder, racism, intolerance, bigotry, selective discrimination and open hatred for ~30 years, that makes it better?

Christ, it hasn't even been 5 years since the last incident of a Klan member dragging a man to death tied behind his car! GOLD STARS FOR EVERYONE!

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by TheU

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

Nice back peddle there. You were talking about the "folk" that inhabit the continent, were you not? How else were we to interpret your brilliant comment?

No doubt Africa has its troubles, and much of it is due to having been raped by colonial powers.

There are millions of people there trying to live their lives like just like you and me. You are ignorant.

[TheU]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

I am last in line of political correctness, but to to use words like "evolved", it could easily be misunderstood. Pardon me for reading into your words, but if not as if these types of things haven't been said. Careful with your words.

I didnt think I needed to add so much fine print to speak on africa, a waking nightmare for white and black people at varying times in its awful history

Nice back peddle there. You were talking about the "folk" that inhabit the continent, were you not? How else were we to interpret your brilliant comment?

lol @ back peddling. i dont need to back peddle just because you figured africans are just black and i clearly must be racist. try examining your own response to what was written and then leaping to the defense of a nameless victim and then talk to me.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Igottago

Nice back peddle there. You were talking about the "folk" that inhabit the continent, were you not? How else were we to interpret your brilliant comment?

No doubt Africa has its troubles, and much of it is due to having been raped by colonial powers.

There are millions of people there trying to live their lives like just like you and me. You are ignorant.

Plenty of liberal self-hate and feather ruffling going on here without approach the essential question of ..."what happens in a society to condone behaviour like this."

Any state intervention would be useless, the albinos have to go into hiding because the culture sees them as some sort of magical talisman.

Why?

Colonials from 100 years ago? BS.

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by TheU

oh god i love all these replies as if my comment was to be taken as racist. if you think i was trying to be racist, the fact is you were thinking the racism, not me. africa is a continent that is crippled with corruption, poverty, genocide, and every atrocity known to man.

no no, you are right. its paradise

The point was "being evolved" has nothing to do with it, all people are evolved to the same extent more or less. Exchange six african babies with six American babies and the American babies will turn out just as uneducated and backwards as their African counterparts. And the african babies will turn out just as civilised as their American counterparts.

[TheU]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

The point was "being evolved" has nothing to do with it, all people are evolved to the same extent more or less. Exchange six african babies with six American babies and the American babies will turn out just as uneducated and backwards as their African counterparts. And the african babies will turn out just as civilised as their American counterparts.

Is it your contention then that societies don't evolve?

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by peter12

Plenty of liberal self-hate and feather ruffling going on here without approach the essential question of ..."what happens in a society to condone behaviour like this."

Any state intervention would be useless, the albinos have to go into hiding because the culture sees them as some sort of magical talisman.

Why?

Colonials from 100 years ago? BS.

Yes it's obvious that they are genetically inferior. We get it, you think people here are smarter, faster, stronger, etc. etc. Fact is, you have painted a continent of 1 billion + people with the same brush.

Also, theres only a few people responsible for Civil Rights and Progressive Thinking in the modern age, and it sure as hell isn't people like you.