Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

k-dot77 t1_ixmcrhy wrote

The westerners on here willing to overlook their genocide of natives, butchering of slaves, slave trade, rampant insurance corruption, minimum wages that are under poverty lines,

just say "hey....they....they're doing the thing....they can't do that we already did it".

Remember the UK had TRADE ROUTES for legitimate slave trade sanctioned by the east India trading co.

0

Digitalanalogue_ t1_ixmijsv wrote

…what does have to do with what Qatar is doing?

4

k-dot77 t1_ixmkarm wrote

Comment literally explains what it has to do with Qatar, there's a backstory and everything lol

−1

Digitalanalogue_ t1_ixmobr9 wrote

Yeh but its the equivalent of me having been in jail for armed robbery telling other people not to rob a store. Just because the west did bad things doesnt mean they dont have a point. Challenge their motivations not the message.

1

k-dot77 t1_ixn1yvh wrote

Not really, "bad things" doesn't summarize centuries most criminal behavior in history. It is not the same.

A better analogy would be you having murdered, raped, pillaged and become rich off of hundreds of innocent lives, and THEN telling someone not to rob a store.

Qatar could take a lesson on morality, but not from the west. The west does not have a high horse to sit on.

I have nothing against the modern western world but I have something to say about hypocrisy.

1

Digitalanalogue_ t1_ixnva1z wrote

Sure but you can still tell someone when something is wrong. Just because they were animals before doesnt mean their message is meaningless.

1

Legitswarmingurcross t1_ixmkkze wrote

What aboutism. Lets ignore this huge problem bcuz they used to do this, dogshit argument

2

k-dot77 t1_ixn0m7w wrote

Was never an argument, an observation. Criminals don't have a high horse to sit on, and that works both ways. No one is right, but no one is better.

0

user_x9000 t1_ixnha6d wrote

So? We should live in the past or learn from it and look at the future ?

2