tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7431944651191775496..comments2024-03-28T09:10:42.703-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A sad finale to the Chagos Islanders' last appealPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74821951150255383182010-03-17T00:11:06.617-05:002010-03-17T00:11:06.617-05:00"It is what it is", but if you Americans..."It is what it is", but if you Americans continue to view other people as of less value than yourself, then, the staus quo will remain. <br /><br />I'm a Mauritian, and it's a real pity seeing these people having to live in shanty towns, eeking out a living, exploited in manual work.<br /><br />Just imagine one day having your house closed down, your family removed from it and transported awat to a place in the US itself, but with a different culture altogether, your domestic animals/pets slain after your departure, just for the sake of your homeland security, then I'll hear you...<br /><br /><br />You'll never know the pain these natives endured unless one day you live through it. I hope you won't, but please, do accept that this is most unfair.akagugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624947179797593178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20893537627092786332008-11-30T15:39:00.000-06:002008-11-30T15:39:00.000-06:00Unfortunately Diego Garcia really is important to ...Unfortunately Diego Garcia really is important to military readiness.<BR/><BR/>We can't have it both ways, either we have military bases where some people don't want military bases, or we have no military bases at all. <BR/><BR/>We see this all the time with aboriginal lawsuits in Australia, and eminent domain cases here in the States.<BR/><BR/>It isn't right, but it is what it is.SordidPandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657526230826604643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22073727777305293402008-11-28T14:04:00.000-06:002008-11-28T14:04:00.000-06:00Or let's make it even more up close and personal t...Or let's make it even more up close and personal to those of us in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>How many times have we clucked our tongues and bemoaned the egregious nature of various imminent domain actions that we read about in the paper?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03357420829928075512noreply@blogger.com