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by ceejayoz
2094 days ago
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> It's a question of civics - entering the country is illegal, migrants do that knowingly. So was rescuing Jews from the Holocaust, and China's acts against Tibetans and Uighurs. Let's not mistake what's moral with what's legal; they often overlap in a decent society, but that's by no means guaranteed. You can make a case for "immigration laws are moral", but "they're moral because they're the law" isn't that case. |
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Conflating the fact that some people face basic detainment (which they can leave quickly at any time by merely choosing to return home) for breaking clear laws ... with 'Putting millions of Jews in Gas Chambers' is not helping the cause.
If we are so deeply concerned about 'legality vs. morality' then I'd imagine the very first issue coming to mind would be the issue of Uyghurs being put in concentration camps by the 100's of thousands, possibly millions, for no reason at all, other than the fact they are Uyghur.
Especially those dying, having their organs harvested and sent to Chinese elite. [1] [2] [3]
Their arbitrary detention due to ethnicity, and the conditions imposed upon them, I think make a very good corollary to the Nazi / Jewish holocaust, worthy of intellectual consideration.
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-u...
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-religiou...
[3] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-is-harvesting-tho...