dedmiston wrote:
Did I hijack a thread? Yes. And normally I would apologize to the Reisenders, but they start enough threads that they can spare one.
And is this bad manners on my part? Absolutely yes.
But what's worse, bad manners or slavery?
There is a ton of cheerleading for EVs on this forum and I've been pretty fair about not interjecting into the discussions except when the cheerleaders hijack other threads. But that was until I saw this info about the Chinese owned slave mines in the Congo.
In my opinion it's wrong of me to stand by and not say anything about the proliferation of the EVs when that's exacerbating the human rights problems.
Honestly, I don't know that I've ever met anyone from the Congo and I don't actually know anything about the Congolese. Maybe they're all jerks and don't deserve our concern. That's doubtful, but maybe.
But a lot of Americans didn't have strong enough convictions to stand up and say anything about the Jews in the 40s. What if we had?
It seems like a good time to take a stand though. Pick a side. Be on the side who buys a new EV and makes the problem worse, or be on the side who stands up and says it's wrong and tries to hold the EV buyers accountable.
Where was your anger when we bombed Iraq stole their oil and murdered milions of muslims including women and children.
Same in Afganistan Syria Lybia Serbia Vietnam.
And you want to brag about defending human rights ??
