Screw it, if anyone deserves defending it's the veterans. After all, they defended us. You're the jerk, not me.
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If that is their reason for going to Afghanistan, then it is pretty ignorant. That is their culture. Here we allow women to dress provocatively and raise children fathered by multiple partners. What makes for a better society?
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Saving someone from a life of violence and oppression is ignorant? You make it sound like the only thing they have going against them is they have to wear bulky clothing. That's not it at all.
I'm all for cultural differences. And you'll notice that we allow for those in Canada. But we also allow these women to go to school and protect them from abusive families. THAT'S the difference. There is a huge difference between cultural differences and outright oppression.
No, people and countries don't have a right to tell other countries how to be. But I think they do have a responsibility to look out for people who are in very real need for help. The same way we should be helping in Darfur and other places.
It's not about changing the culture. Heck it's not even about bringing 'freedom' in that American sense. I'm against a lot of the tenants of that idea too which I believe to be based on capitalism. But there is an importance to making a difference in the world and protecting those who can't protect themselves.
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I never justified the holocaust. I merely suggested that had we not declared war on Germany for invading Poland it may not have happened.
Canada should not have entered the war. It was 3000 miles away and concerned European nations and their empires. What do I care if France gets invaded? Or England for that matter.
I guess I should have said I was mostly of Scottish decent. Sorry to hit a nerve there. I don't really consider myself Canadian, either. I think of myself as a White North American.
I'm just pointing out that the English must have done something to royally piss the Irish off.
My beef is with both. How anybody could fight for the English is beyond me.
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The holocaust wouldn't have happened had the allies not gone in to defend Europe? Man, pick up a history book. There were already serious attrocities going on by 1936, 3 years before the larger war started. And there was lots going on before that too.
And you know what, I'll give you that the average soldier probably wasn't going to defend the Jewish people. We didn't know about the extent of what was going on until later in the war. But they did go to protect Europe and the very possible threat that their own homeland could be on the list somewhere. Yes the Germans would have had a hard time invading North America. But have you seen some of their space plans, genetics plans, technology plans from their labs in those times? There can be no argument that the Nazis were looking to be the dominant power, if not literally rule the world. They had a long term strategy for the world, and the people they wanted to oppress including Jews, homosexuals, and other people they considered to be of negative value to the human race.
Lastly, what do you care about France or England or Poland? Like I said when I first responded to you. Just because you don't care about other people doesn't mean we all don't.
