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WoW: A short-ass rant--
Dec. 9th, 2012 12:33 amThis rant dedicated to a FoaF who tried to tell me that there was a such thing as a benevolent form of colonialism.
Sorry, FoaF, there isn't.
It really doesn't matter how you paint it; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
It doesn't matter if one side is ~being civil~ about it; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
It doesn't matter if the other side's being raging assholes and the first looks much better by comparison; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
There is no such thing as benevolent colonialism. Now, I'm real sorry to be poppin' your bubb--who am I kidding, no I'm not. I like popping this particular bubble, because it's one that's had a direct impact on people I care dearly for.
There's no such thing as benevolent colonialism. Any mindset that supposes you have a right to go in and declare someone else's backyard your own because you said it was and you have a big-ass ego? Is a problem.
( it only gets more tactless from here, folks. )
Sorry, FoaF, there isn't.
It really doesn't matter how you paint it; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
It doesn't matter if one side is ~being civil~ about it; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
It doesn't matter if the other side's being raging assholes and the first looks much better by comparison; colonialist behaviour is shitty.
There is no such thing as benevolent colonialism. Now, I'm real sorry to be poppin' your bubb--who am I kidding, no I'm not. I like popping this particular bubble, because it's one that's had a direct impact on people I care dearly for.
There's no such thing as benevolent colonialism. Any mindset that supposes you have a right to go in and declare someone else's backyard your own because you said it was and you have a big-ass ego? Is a problem.
( it only gets more tactless from here, folks. )
