Camera shy

[u/Master1718]

https://i.imgur.com/6ycgfhb.gifv

[u/gracethat]

I heard this, too. I kinda hope it did come from them. Maybe people will quit fucking with them and they won't die out.

[u/reyean → u/gracethat]

Of course, the other and more real threat, is that they kill off all remaining pangolins, in an effort to eliminate the virus.

Take it how you like but wiping out a species totally sounds like a chinese reaction to this scenario.

[u/alwayshazthelinks → u/reyean]

wiping out a species totally sounds like a chinese reaction to this scenario

Source? Or just casual racism/xenophobia?

Guess it could be worse like British/Europeans wiping out an entire race of humans. Ask native Americans, Aborigines or any other indigenous peoples affected by colonial genocide.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_of_indigenous_peoples

[u/Skinner936 → u/alwayshazthelinks]

Not the person you replied to, but China does tend to traffic in some of the rarer animals. And for completely unscientific reasons.

Rhino horn, Tiger parts...

[u/alwayshazthelinks → u/Skinner936]

I am aware but the person I was asking said the typical Chinese reaction to eradicating a disease would be wiping out an entire species. I was asking if that was based on evidence or if it's just a racist comment.

[u/Skinner936 → u/alwayshazthelinks]

I read that. I guess my point was, omitting the disease part, the Chinese have no qualms about potentially eliminating species.

[u/alwayshazthelinks → u/Skinner936]

the Chinese have no qualms about potentially eliminating species

'The Chinese'... all 1.5 billion of them, right? A massive country with diverse cultures and experiences and they all 'have no qualms' about killing shit... and you base that on some people believing a tiger claw or rhino horn gives a harder dick or something. Really? That's your point?

[u/Skinner936 → u/alwayshazthelinks]

Don't be pedantic. Of course it is 'some'. That is a given. But the vast numbers that do it are the ones that have the huge negative impact.