medical necessity
Ah, so then you understand that by definition, only medical doctors are able to decide what is and isn't a medical necessity, and therefore how unreasonable it is that anyone else besides doctor and patient would think they should have a say in the matter? Great, glad we got that settled!
Please clarify.
Lemmygrad is wrong about a lot of things, but they're not wrong about this. It's important to learn from the past so it does not keep repeating.
The concept of the "white race" was developed in the 17th century with the Atlantic slave trade. It is indeed a product of British colonization. The concept literally didn't exist before this. Before the 17th century, people who we would now think of as white identified mainly by nationality and religion.
The concept of whiteness as being a distinct and unifying factor among people from a variety of countries led to the field of scientific racism, which went on for around 2 centuries. This is where terms like "Caucasian" came from. Scientific racism was used as a reason by the Nazis to murder millions of Jews. Now in the 21st century, we know it is pseudoscience even though its terminology lingers.
This doesn't mean that people were blind to skin color before 17th century colonialism, as you pointed out with the Indian caste system that dates back as far as 3300BC. You can see in ancient Egyptian art a wide array of colored skin as well. From Egyptian literature, there aren't signs they really obsessed over it the way society does now.
I think we can all agree that things didn't go too well for non-white people after the invention of whiteness. The concept was founded in oppression and helps perpetuate oppression.
"My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."
Trump is a full blown cult of personality at this point, no one else will do. Maybe that's a good thing since he doesn't seem to have much time left.
Are you really pretending there's no difference between assisting a country in defending itself from an aggressor, and starting your own war as the aggressor?
True, but with how secretive North Korea is, it's difficult to get accurate cultural news directly from the source.
arrests and jailings
It didn't happen to NPR, but even irrelevant pieces of technology were stolen from a smaller publication's journalists using tactics that appear illegal (skirting the subpoena requirement by accusing them of identity theft). The raid went on for hours, and Joan Meyer DIED as a direct result of the trauma. She wasn't arrested or jailed, she was terrorized to such a degree that it left her dead.
This isn't the time or place to make statements like "Hey, at least it's not as bad as China", because for some people like Joan Meyer, it was just as bad. We need to start focusing on what we can do stop the police from terrorizing people they dislike, or it might be NPR next.
Not that weird if we're talking about the quality of life of a 98 year old woman. "Healthy" at that age might look like spending a great deal of time in your favorite chair watching your favorite shows on the television. After almost a century on this planet, you get a little tired.
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I just can't with this western bullshit!
I'm sure if someone remarked about "eastern bullshit" that you would cry racism, and you wouldn't be wrong. Thanks for at least being amusing by calling me a racist and then immediately acting like one yourself. Don't feel too bad about it, you're one of countless to prove that wise saying which predates the CCP by 1400 years.
Exactly. And since a medical doctor is the one who is qualified to determine what would risk a pregnant woman's life, none of us could possibly have a say in the matter because we're not qualified to do so.
I'm very happy to be able to find some common ground with a conservative on this fine day. I also do not listen to Justin Bieber songs. Let's keep searching for more common ground and unite our feuding peoples. We can do this!