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Re:My strange journey into transhumanism by pmoriarty on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:45PM (#14287211)
"What the years (59) have taught me is other people very RARELY care enough about anyone else to persecute them."

The Holocaust. Pogroms. Pol Pot. China's Cultural Revolution. Wars without number (often for racial or ethnic reasons). Genocides. The Inquisition. Witch-hunts. Lynchings. Jim Crow laws. Slavery. McCarthyism. Homophobia. Hate crime. Anti-immigrant xenophobic policies. The racist War on Drugs.

The list goes on and on. I see persecution everywhere, and many, many people all too eager to take part.

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Re:My strange journey into transhumanism by BatFastard on Sunday May 07, 2017 @05:00PM (#14287652)
What you cite is not the persecution of an individual, but persecution of class'es of people. I totally agree that exists, and with nationalism growing, becomes a greater risk in the world. I was talking individual persecution.
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Re:My strange journey into transhumanism by fao_ on Sunday May 07, 2017 @06:58PM (#14288178)
Almost all individual persecution is manifestation of persecution of groups.
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