Committing genocide

[The Brain]

Saudi Arabia.

And here I would have put money on you picking Vatican City.

As for me, it's gotta be China.

I don't think Vatican is such a good idea.

If the genocide targets all people within the borders of a country at the time when it occurs, then you would be killing a lot of innocent tourists.

If it targets only "citizens" of a given country, then most cardinals etc. wouldn't be affected, as they are formally citizens of their home countries and not of Vatican (I am not even sure whether Vatican has official citizenship, but I assume they must have something).

Innocence proves nothing.

[Martinus]

I was going to post, but I really want a position in government at some point in my life. 

Do you really think that you could have a government career, if the government knew about Languish posting past?

[Kleves]

If I say Russia, do I get the Poles, too?

[Eddie Teach]

I think expectations will be relaxed somewhat after people who have grown up with internet start coming to power. So typical Languish banter may be given a pass. But calling for genocide isn't really typical, except from Neil and CDM.

[Queequeg]

I was going to post, but I really want a position in government at some point in my life. 

Do you really think that you could have a government career, if the government knew about Languish posting past?

Most of the jobs I am interested in wouldn't mind that I'm extremely opinionated on history.  Or that I smoked pot in College so I could deepen my appreciation of Paprika.  Casually endorsing genocide?  Not so much.

I also just think it's wrong.  Pakistan is a geostrategic nuisance and an almost inevitable source of disaster that is built upon anti-Hindu hatred, but there's a ton of culture there that is worth saving from the Salafis, the Taliban and all the other idiots.  Just killing people would make us worse than the worst Pakistan has to offer. 

[Razgovory]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

[Queequeg]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

I'm not doing a national Sophie's Choice.  That's perverse. 

[Martinus]

Jake will pick nothing. BB is a watchfull eye and, as canadian, we can't advocate genocide.

It's not advocating genocide any more than answering the trite "if you could go back in time, would you kill baby Hitler" conundrum is advocating child murder. 

[Razgovory]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

I'm not doing a national Sophie's Choice.  That's perverse.

You know you want to, otherwise you wouldn't have posted in this thread.

[Martinus]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

I'm not doing a national Sophie's Choice.  That's perverse.

Why not? I find this attitude puzzling - noone is asking you to endorse genocide, you are being asked a hypothetical. Most ethical dilemmas debated in philosophy and ethics classes concern the hypothetical of people involved performing an action that is considered immoral by their standards - I have never seen anyone refusing to participate in such exercises on moral grounds.

[Martinus]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

I'm not doing a national Sophie's Choice.  That's perverse.

You know you want to, otherwise you wouldn't have posted in this thread.

His reaction betrays some deep and dark psychological undercurrents that he is afraid to confront, imho.

[Kleves]

I have never seen anyone refusing to participate in such exercises on moral grounds.

fahdiz would.

[The Brain]

It's not "us" it's just you.  Like crazy space aliens came down and forced you to choose.

I'm not doing a national Sophie's Choice.  That's perverse.

You know you want to, otherwise you wouldn't have posted in this thread.

His reaction betrays some deep and dark psychological undercurrents that he is afraid to confront, imho.

Undercurrents that his long monologues on race theory haven't already betrayed?

[Queequeg]

 

Biological anthropology isn't race theory.

[Grey Fox]

Jake will pick nothing. BB is a watchfull eye and, as canadian, we can't advocate genocide.

It's not advocating genocide any more than answering the trite "if you could go back in time, would you kill baby Hitler" conundrum is advocating child murder. 

I rather not let BB make that judgement call.