> Murder has always been bad. Slavery has always been immoral. Genocide has always been bad, but guess what happened when the Spanish invaded the Americas? The

> Murder has always been bad. Slavery has always been immoral. Genocide has always been bad, but guess what happened when the Spanish invaded the Americas? The mass murder, slavery, and imperialism of the Aztecs was replaced by the mass murder, slavery, and imperialism of the Spaniards. But who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Otzoma? The issue isn't whether we apply ethics from a relativist or objective standpoint, but that we pick and choose when we do. Right now, Europeans must always be judged by contemporary standards (ironically rooted in the Enlightenment), while other cultures must never be judged.