If an African talks about centuries of colonialism and slavery, he has 'victim mentality'.
But Americans are told to "never forget" 9|11 — a single day of terrorism.
It is backwardness when Africans remember, but patriotism when Americans do.
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Again I am BEGGING you all to show Sudan some attention too. They're suffering not just a genocide but what is being classified as the worst humanitarian crisis worldwide. Women have killed themselves to prevent being sexually abused. Displacement, famine, and massacres. Speak.
Medieval warfare was brutal but there was also something very straight forward about it, two armies would clash on a battlefied and victory was decided there.
Modern warfare feels far more devious, technology has made warfare more sophisticated but not more humane.
The most tragic change is that people who are not part of it are increasingly bearing its consequences.
The furthur war moves away from the battlefield the harder it becomes to see the human cost.