Gandalf are you just making this up as you go along, or is this a Muslim thing you are getting from somewhere? Why won't you say?
If the Arabs made the contact between the old and the new world inevitable by cutting Europe off from the rest of civilisation, do they bear any responsibility for the introduction of diseases?
Why does the blame hinge on intentions that had nothing at all to do with disease? If the disease was introduced to the Americas be people trying to find a trade route to India, who do you blame?
If the disease was already there when they invaded, does that mean they are not to blame?
Can any blame be attributed to geographic proximity of the disease source to the people it was passed on to? Or just white people?
Also, why does blame not hinge on whether the disease was deliberately introduced? Are you saying the Europeans who had nothing to do with the introduction of the disease are just as blame worthy as the Americans who deliberately gave smallpox to native Indians?
Quote:Its a stupid question FD. I don't even know if 'countries' existed in those places at that time.
So why did you say they did?
Quote:I blame rapists for raping. Incidentally, I also blame invaders and pillagers for any diseases they spread while they are invading and pillaging. Try, if you can, to understand this exceedingly simple concept without unnecessarily mixing it up with a whole lot of nonsense about race.
It is simply to the point of idiocy, which is why you refuse to explain how far this blame goes. Also, are you saying you do blame white people, rather than the rapist, for the rape victim contracting AIDS?
Quote:Why else would you say I am holding races responsible?
Because you are.
Quote:Oh there you go again, shoving racial language into my mouth. Newsflash FD: race has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I blame anyone for raping and pillaging and spreading disease in the process.
Previously you said you blame the group. Have you now realised how racist your claims were and reverted back to personal responsibility?
Also, you dodged the question Gandalf. here it is again for you: If there were many instances of a disease being passed on by people of different races with sinister intentions, how do you decide which race to blame? Is it always white people who get the blame?
Quote:In this case it happens to be Europeans. Please don't unnecessarily complicate things by bringing in completely irrelevant language about race.
If a white supremacist started saying European instead of white, would you defend him against charges of racism? Or can only Muslims do this trick?
Quote:You are obviously obsessed with race here because you are so determined to excuse 'white' people for their atrocities.
You brought up race Gandalf, not me. You can't post racist vitriol on a politics website and not expect people to call you out on it.