Yesterday... at an antiques fair, I met a man dealing in Asian artifacts and antiques who said...
"I don't like the Asians, I just sell these things, I find the Asian culture to be historically barbaric as they raped women and children and invaded villages and murdered people for land."
When I left, I was reeling, confused and wondering if anyone else feels the way he does about this? I did not engage him or argue with him because to me at least, he was ignorant and shortsided, a racist, an oppurtunist and completely missinformed...
What about American occupation in Vietnam?
What about our modern wars?
What about what you did to the American Indians?
Do Americans even know their own history of violence and murder? Or do we just believe that our cause is greater and therefore that makes us somehow better?
It is amazing to me how people believe what they do so emphatically, without realizing the truth. What do you think of this guy and his beliefs?
2007-01-29
02:28:06
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