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Re:Mozilla launches a new identity by flukus on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:04PM (#13441218)
> You're missing valuable context in that comment, you can't own the hard work of your ancestors without owning their atrocities either, it might not have been your direct ancestors but it is the history of your society. You either forget that history or own all of it.

Is there anyone on earth that doesn't have ancestors that committed atrocities? Why is it only white people that have to answer for these atrocities?

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Re:Mozilla launches a new identity by disordinary on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:43PM (#13441403)
Surely it's not who did what, but lets just do whats right?

I think you'll find that the Japanese payed reparation after WW2.

You shouldn't think of things in terms of white and not white, that is just insane. In general civilised countries pay for their mistakes.

In New Zealand we have a tribunal who's goal is to pay for any atrocities and acts of theft perpetrated by the British Empire, a completely different country to modern day NZ, yet we as a society do it because it's the right thing to do.

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Re:Mozilla launches a new identity by flukus on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:55PM (#13441446)
SO where is the tribunal that pay for atrocities committed by Maori's? Do Maori's not do what's right?

>I think you'll find that the Japanese payed reparation after WW2.

I think you'll find Japan doesn't even recognize many atrocities it committed in WW2.

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Re:Mozilla launches a new identity by disordinary on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:11PM (#13441496)
I'm sure historically Maori were convicted disproportionate to crimes. Modern day? Well just in the court. The Treaty of Waitangi is for historic issues.

Japan paid reparation after WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_reparations#World_War_II_J...

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Re:Mozilla launches a new identity by flukus on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:41PM (#13441592)
Japan still won't recognize the rape of Nanking. They're also about as xenophobic as you can get but I don't see you complaining about that.
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