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The concept and system of _Apartheid_ is not something that needs fixing. It has evolved and will continue to evolve to adapt to changing conditions and attitud
by jibiki 18y ago
The concept and system of _Apartheid_ is not something that needs fixing. It has evolved and will continue to evolve to adapt to changing conditions and attitudes.
- blizkreeg 18y agoWell, obviously I didn't mean that Apartheid was a concept or system. And you know that.
- jibiki 18y agoMy point is that your argument validly defends Apartheid. It is a standard (if somewhat impolite) rhetorical technique to parrot your opponent's arguments in a way that makes them seem obviously flawed.
- sharkbrainguy 18y agoI should probably be downvoted into oblivion for this but... Is this actually a valid use of "Reductio Ad Hitlerum"? Surely such a thing is rare and beautiful.
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- whacked_new 18y agoThis is actually true. You don't have to fix anything. Changing environmental pressures will induce change in any state of affairs as long as there is interaction among agents. What I just wrote may be controversial, but it does not make it false. The difference is to what degree does another agent, external to the system in question (here, the system that has apartheid), feels they have the right to intervene and accelerate the change in a direction they judge is fit. Sometimes you can argue that everybody is better off -- people inside the system and outside (on the outside, I would argue it is mostly a psychological benefit, at least immediately after the change is induced) -- but the arguments are never perfect. And to think that there is a "correct" side to it is (usually) a fallacy.