reply to post by dooper
Your racist remarks, and bigoted, biased, superiority complex is very very tedious. Pick up a history book (no, the bible isn't a history book) and
read it. We no longer occupy our colonies with armies. We occupy them with corporations.
If you understood that until this day, the West (and China) own most of the third word's ressources, thus maintaining them in misery and debt, then
maybe you would understand that yes, our western prosperity does indeed come from us sucking the life force out of the third world. People die in
Africa mining the rare metals that make up the circuits of your mobile phone, for a miserable wage, because the superior white man needs to maximise
profits, and can't afford protection gear.
I have a friend who worked in Niger, as an engineer. There, the miners went down to extract uranium with no protection at all. They brought the ore
back up to the surface in their hands. Had their country owned the mine, and had their leader not been a corrupt dictator on the payroll of western
multinationals, those people might have been payed good money, and worn protection suits, and been informed that uranium is dangerous. Unfortunately,
this was not the case, and today, most of the people my friend knew there are dead, and their families are impoverished. He himself has cancer. This
was in the early 80's, so you can be sure the CEO knew all about radiation.
So it's all very well blaming them for being poor. We own them, and since they can't stand up to the west with guns (but believe me they will, and
it has already started wih the muslim fanatics), they shut up and work in the sweatshop factory. Except the dictator/warlord, whom, rest assured, we
copiously drown in money, to keep those dollars rolling in. And when the people elect a leader who starts nationalizing the ressources, you call him a
terrorist. Chavez.
If you are incapable of understanding that desperate people, whom we have treated like slaves and cattle for centuries turn to piracy, then please,
check out the poor places in the US. The crime rate is higher. What a suprise. Hang on, no. Maybe it's it's just because they are black, and
therefore lazy/stupid/inferior/agressive/breed like rat's ? I pity you. You are the perfect example of why the world hates america.
[edit on 23-4-2009 by Ismail]