You are basically saying that America has a past to be ashamed of. I suppose I agree. We did some really bad things to get where we are.
And so did every country that ever acquired any power or influence in the world. We all know about Germany causing two world wars and north Korean concentration camps but did you know that Belgium committed the genocide of possibly as many as 3 million Africans in the Congo? Ever heard of the Cambodian killing fields? Rwandan genocide? I have a friend who is an immigrant from Rwanda whose mother, father and sister were killed with machetes while he and his brother hid in a dried up well.
I can go on to talk about the ongoing firing squads in china or how north Korean defectors to the south are treated poorly by rok citizens. Or maybe how Canada currently keeps its lucrative asbestos mining operations in full swing by selling the cancer causing stuff to third world countries. It's TRUE. Google it.
For some reason however, it's the usa and only the usa who is judged for its past. I've heard british citizens condemn the us for slavery when they seem to forget that they are the ones who sold them to us.
It seems to me that we will never pay our debt to society. The Turkish had one if the most powerful empires in history and used very inhumane tactics and policies to reach such a height. Is anyone asking turkey to feel ashamed for its former crimes? No, I've never heard anyone suggest this. But Americans should be ashamed.
I wonder.. if america were to pay for the crimes of the past, would it not be expected by the world to humble itself to complete negation?
Basically what I'm saying is why are we the only ones expected to feel shame when we did no worse than what many other countries have done?
IIN I sometimes feel ashamed to be an American?
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You are basically saying that America has a past to be ashamed of. I suppose I agree. We did some really bad things to get where we are.
And so did every country that ever acquired any power or influence in the world. We all know about Germany causing two world wars and north Korean concentration camps but did you know that Belgium committed the genocide of possibly as many as 3 million Africans in the Congo? Ever heard of the Cambodian killing fields? Rwandan genocide? I have a friend who is an immigrant from Rwanda whose mother, father and sister were killed with machetes while he and his brother hid in a dried up well.
I can go on to talk about the ongoing firing squads in china or how north Korean defectors to the south are treated poorly by rok citizens. Or maybe how Canada currently keeps its lucrative asbestos mining operations in full swing by selling the cancer causing stuff to third world countries. It's TRUE. Google it.
For some reason however, it's the usa and only the usa who is judged for its past. I've heard british citizens condemn the us for slavery when they seem to forget that they are the ones who sold them to us.
It seems to me that we will never pay our debt to society. The Turkish had one if the most powerful empires in history and used very inhumane tactics and policies to reach such a height. Is anyone asking turkey to feel ashamed for its former crimes? No, I've never heard anyone suggest this. But Americans should be ashamed.
I wonder.. if america were to pay for the crimes of the past, would it not be expected by the world to humble itself to complete negation?
Basically what I'm saying is why are we the only ones expected to feel shame when we did no worse than what many other countries have done?
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Good points