Re: not to make excuses, but
by
fsilber
06/29/2009, 2:46 PM #
yfunk3:
Look, I know a lot of caucasians are tired of being blamed for all of the world's ills, but that doesn't mean that the entire world can just erase the fact that European and American economic and political ambitions seriously crapped on the "non-white" cultures of the world and is a direct or indirect cause for arguably 95% of the world's current major conflicts and crises.
Western Imperialism is an indirect cause for 100% of the world's current major conflicts and crises -- in the same sense that, according to catastrophe theory, a falling leaf in Vermont can trigger a hurricane in Bolivia.
The fact is, before the West had the power to seriously crap on the "non-white" cultures of the world, the "non-white" cultures of the world took every opportunity to crap on the white cultures. For example, Europe did not begin colonizing the Middle East and North Africa until Napolian's conquests. In the years immediately prior, Barbary pirates from North Africa would capture European sailing ships, selling the surrendered travelers into slavery. (Even before the Western media forced Western standards of beauty upon the rest of the world, young blond slave-girls commanded a premium price from shiekhs looking to replenish their harems.)
In fact, the word "slave" comes from the same root as "Slav" (as in, a speaker of one of the Slavic languages). That is because central government came late to the slavic nations, and for a number of centuries (especially before ships became sufficiently sea-worthy to follow the African coast) eastern Europe / western Asia was a prime hunting ground for Arab slave traders.
The curous question is why Leftists are so eager to uncover the sins of the West, while so reluctant to see them in the context of sh*tty behavior throughout the _entire_ globe.