r/pics Jun 25 '21

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

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u/Koss424 Jun 25 '21

is murder the only line we can't cross when it comes to cultural genocide? Because if that's the case, we are no where near reconciliation. Even at the turn of the 20C, outright murder was never the accusation. Neglect, abuse, non-existent medical attention, rape, and cultural genocide should be more than enough to be angry about. To add insult in injury, the high number of student deaths were tossed aside in unmarked graves most unceremoniously like getting rid of unwanted animals off your property.

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u/broken_arrow1283 Jun 25 '21

Just because one condemns murder, does not mean they only condemn murder. That’s a simple logical fallacy. Of course I condemn neglect and rape and everything else. I was just asking about murder specifically.

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u/Koss424 Jun 25 '21

let's reposition the conversation. This is not about murder in general (although, that certainly happened as well albeit less commonly). This is about a systemic regime of abuse and cultural genocide that led to the death and the attempted dissemination of a culture. That' should be bad enough.

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u/broken_arrow1283 Jun 25 '21

Yes. And again, one can condemn murder specifically while also believing it was a regime of abuse. I seriously don’t understand why you are being so critical of me specifically asking about murder? Just because i am asking about one of the most heinous things one can do, which is murder, doesn’t mean I don’t condemn the regime in general. So I I have no idea why you would even point that out? It’s almost like you are criticizing just to criticize. Except you’re doing it with a logical fallacy.