> In October 1950, the People's Liberation Army entered the Tibetan area of Chamdo, defeating sporadic resistance from the Tibetan army.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tibet#1950_to_prese...
This?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest#Casualties...
I believe there is a much greater discrepancy than 2x, between the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and ongoing drone strikes inflicting civilian casualties, and Chinese incursions into Tibet.
That's not to say I support China in their incursions into Tibet. I am very sympathetic to those who have had atrocities committed towards them.
I do think however that the scale of a crime is important, and can be compared.
With the numbers you can make meaningful comparisons. This person committed two murders, this person committed one. To suggest all atrocities are equal is weak.
I think given any number of examples you would gladly compare crimes and atrocities and quite easily state which you think is worse.
Society does this also, you can usually find it expressed in the sentencing for crimes.
So because I don't tier atrocities into more or less horrifying based on numbers and treat them all as a negative means I have "sociopathic/psychopathic tendencies"? Doesn't take much to understand you don't know what those words mean, including moralist and psychologist.
Society seems to be able to distinguish between different crimes and atrocities, yet you seem unwilling in this case.
Suggesting that those who can make such comparisons are morally bankrupt is quite a stretch, don't you think?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_mili...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_interventions_of_the_...
If you look at history, China looks way more pacifist than the US. In fact, one has to wonder why the US govt. and media keep spreading fear about China... Perhaps the US govt./media are scared of some country doing to them the exact same things they do and have done to other countries.
I guess if you are from the country, it's less likely that you would outraged by your own military's actions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_mili...
Thanks for the information regarding China's belligerence, but Chinese citizens might be more sympathetic to that. Much like any nationalists being sympathetic to their own nation's causes.
Once you suggest a place as an alternative place to live, it's worth thinking about what a person who moves there would be supporting financially with their taxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-...
A lot of these guys ended up in ISIS, it would be foolish to assume otherwise. If you view America's foreign policy aim as maintaining an unstable middle east, then it's not a slippery slope argument.