a) If US had never invaded, would there be less child rape? No, but the US wouldn't be to blame! The term here is "Copenhagen Morality".
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"Copenhagen morality": When blame adheres to you only if you notice (or admit you notice) a transgression by others.
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b) The US could stamp out the practice...if it committed to being a *real* colonial hegemon, and had 50 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28practice%29#British_India …
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Evil exists. Actually acting against it turns out to be really hard, and usually comes with unintended consequences.
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@thesublemon That's the strongest part of the article, but I'm pretty suspicious of the claim. Really easy to cherry-pick. -
@thesublemon And look at the timeline for the English reaction to sati in India. US isn't going to stick it out 50-100 years.
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@St_Rev Relocate refugees from syria to there, arm them and tell them they'll only get food if they bring proof of taking bounties. -
@XxemoviolencexX I'm sure large numbers of armed Syrians would have no unintended consequences. -
@St_Rev The syrians would be creating syria 2.0 in Afghanistan. If they're a problem, that's iran/pakistan's issue not ours.
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