Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen...
by m12k on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:05PM
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The sad truth is that the world would most likely not have done anything about the holocaust if Nazi Germany hadn't also invaded their neighboring countries. Killing people at home is just frowned upon, but killing people next door is where you get in trouble. The world is a quite a ways from actually being the civilized place that we like to pretend it is.
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Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen...
by refurb on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:24PM
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What could the West have done beyond doing what they were already doing - fighting a war with Germany?
Blown up rail lines leading to the camps? Would the Germans have said “oh, well let them go then.” No, they would have found other ways to murder them.
It’s not that different than China. You want to stop the genocide? Well, prepare for a major war with millions of deaths on both sides.
Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen...
by m12k on Sunday July 05, 2020 @03:07PM
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You seem to misunderstand my comment. My point was that the West only fought a war with Germany because they invaded Poland and other neighboring countries. Had the Nazis not done that, the West would most likely not have fought them, even if the concentration camps had come to light.