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You question is valid, ignore the downvotes. I think it comes about as a way for people to "explain away" or "brush off" things that happen in our modern world
by grecy 8y ago
You question is valid, ignore the downvotes.
I think it comes about as a way for people to "explain away" or "brush off" things that happen in our modern world that we are just too lazy/busy/preoccupied or otherwise can't be bothered to fix.
It doesn't really matter what the thing that happens is, someone will always chime in with "yeah, that's just like when xyz happened" - which is a completely useless thing to say, but I think it helps people feel better that the world is not utter chaos, and things are not entirely isolated or have no precedent.
Of course, as you say, it would be much more productive to spend time trying to solve or eliminate said things, but gossip and media and reality TV aren't about that.
- toyg 8y agoNo, it’s that human rights have long been used as instruments of aggressive foreign policy by some countries; so now, when issues are raised, there is an instinctive reaction from some quarters that basically means “oh no, you will not use that to bully Country X, because you are no saint either”. It’s the diplomatic equivalent of “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?”