#24 | Posted by nullifidian at 2008-09-23 07:23 PM
And enslaved Africans ...
Gosh, null, you're very selective in your attributions of activities as peculiar to "whites."
The "whites" in the U.S. ended slavery at the cost of a huge number of deaths in a fratricidal conflict.
And it may come as a revelation to you, but slavery preceded the ascension of whites and their exercise of power. Blacks and Arabs participated in the slavery culture to which you refer, by capturing blacks, enslaving them, and trading them.
And now for the other information that may prove disconcerting to you. Slavery continues to exist in black African countries, where blacks enslave blacks, and in Arab countries, where blacks continue to be enslaved by Arabs.
Now, are "whites," who have abolished slavery in their territories, to be praised for their actions rather than condemned. "Whites" reduced a worldwide practice of enslavement of blacks by consensus among whites, and exerting pressure on black and Arab slavers. But the practice of slavery still exists among blacks and Arabs. Come on, null, give the whites credit where it's due on your value system. Laud "whites" for their role in reducing the extent of the slave trade and the number of people enslaved. Why, null, it should make you proud to be a "white" person, if you are that is. Are you? Then revel in reflected glory for the actions of members of your race.
... and massacred everyone from native Americans to Vietnamese.
Well, the Native Americans certainly did demonstrate that it is ill-advised to welcome "illegal aliens" to your territory as they pose a clear and present danger. It's unfortunate that "whites" in the U.S. do not recognize the inherent dangers resulting from their displacement, and the effect of demographics and other changes transforming this great country into a third world hostelry. Our wealth is being dissipated, our values trashed, and our political dominance being ended.
We "slaughtered" the Vietnamese? Well, we were engaged in a conflict trying to repel invaders, who were attacking our allies, other Vietnamese. Our efforts were undermined by the actions of seditious leftists at home, and we evacuated our forces AND denied logistical support, arms and the like to our allied Vietnamese so they were defeated and slaughtered.
Of. the causalties. Well, some two million of our allies were slaughtered, killed after the conflict ended, by the brutal Communist regime that we opposed, twice as many deaths as occurred during the conflict.
The slaughter of innocents was by the Vietnamese, who slaughtered other Vietnamese. You seem to forget that there were Vietnamese fighting other Vietnames, and the invaders from the North were the aggressors.
These "whites." They go to the aid of people on humanitarian grounds without any potential benefit except to further the "white" moral and ethically founded beliefs. So, in the conflict in America in which the slaves were freed, we suffered huge losses of lives and goods, and in Vietnam the same phenomenon occurred, as we "whites" fought for good, for freedom and against evil. You can understand why "white" has become equated with "good, can't you null.(cont.)
