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Post by Laura Gutauskas on Oct 30, 2017 0:03:29 GMT
@meghanmiller Thank you for further questioning my post! I think the reason that Bangladesh had "no choice" was because if they denied them/executed them like Myanmar did, then they'd be looked down upon as a country as well. The share of religion is what made me lean towards thinking they were sympathetic of the Rohingya people since they saw them as one of their own, possibly. Past Rohingya people also sought out Bangladesh as a place of refuge and maybe since they hadn't caused any problems there, this continued an acceptance towards them.
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Post by Brooke gentile on Oct 30, 2017 0:07:53 GMT
@makayla I completely agree that if they accept them back that it would be an awful idea. Things would result in even more conflict than there already is. I also agree with your statement about how if we had not had his discussion you would probably have never heard of this. I agree because I feel that for some reason the media is hiding it from us, whether it is to help us or not.
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Post by Ricky Mineo on Oct 30, 2017 0:14:27 GMT
@maddy I wouldn't go as far as saying that the people of Myanmar are attacking the Rohingya Muslims the same way Hitler attacked the Jews. Hitler persecuted the Jews out of pure hatred, the people of Myanmar are genuinely afraid of the Rohingya Muslims.
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Post by Wyatt Heyl on Oct 30, 2017 0:21:42 GMT
@colebell I agree that there is no way to keep this from happening again and it doesn't even have to be Myanmar and the Rohingyan's it could happen with other people too. Racial Cleansing will always exist in one way shape or form such as the terrible happenings of the holocaust.
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Post by Ricky Mineo on Oct 30, 2017 0:23:22 GMT
brooke, I totally agree that if the Muslims were to go back to Myanmar that the situation would worsen and that the Muslims are not even very beneficial to have in Myanmar. However, I believe if the Buddhists are able to look beyond the stereotype that all Muslims are psychotic suicidal terrorists, they will be able to see that Muslims are not as bad as the radical groups make them seem.
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Post by Makayla Rieder on Oct 30, 2017 0:51:04 GMT
@chloe Fetter I agree with you that one of the more probable reasons that this isn't being covered in major news is because of the religious background of the Rohingyans. I think that the Myanmar government acted so violently toward the Rohingyan people because of fear, not instead of it. You bring up an interesting point about the Rohingyan people bringing disease into Bangladesh, and it is a detail that i hadn't thought about before, but very plausible.
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Post by Makayla Rieder on Oct 30, 2017 1:02:46 GMT
@maya French I agree with you that moving the Rohingya back into their home country is not going to help and will just result in more of them being beaten and killed. Referring to your second question, I think that other countries, like Bangladesh already has, should try to take a stand and help these poor people. They are defenseless against the Myanmar and we're sitting back and watching them be killed and driven out of the only homes they've ever known. We shouldn't just watch a genocide happen when we could possible prevent it.
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Post by Brooke Gentile on Oct 30, 2017 1:47:01 GMT
@barbie I absolutely loved what you had to say about this topic. My favorite part was when you said about how they are so desperate for a sense of identity that they are willing to risk their lives. That is a perfect way to describe the place that they are in. Also I agree that it is shocking the US hasn’t helped them yet, there must be some reason that we arnt doing anything and I would love to know why.
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Post by Laura Gutauskas on Oct 30, 2017 2:12:50 GMT
mayafrench In such a dire catastrophe brought upon the Rohingya people, it's necessary that other countries intervene otherwise what does that say about the rest of humanity? Humans must learn from their mistakes of the past and not allow them to continue happening. Half a million people are suffering at the hands of a misinformed governmental body and it takes a stronger one to help them.
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Post by Cole on Oct 30, 2017 3:24:18 GMT
ricky I agree with that fact that the Rohingya Muslims are being treated very poorly but my thing is, would money from the government really be enough to fix the situation? Even if Myanmar set money aside for reservations or what not, that wouldn’t change the opinions of the people. It would however resolve the physical contact aspect but not the emotional part.
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Post by Cole on Oct 30, 2017 3:33:45 GMT
@meghan honestly, no I do not believe that any other countries with intervene into this conflict. This whole situation at this point in time is ver minuscule compared to the situations in the rest of the world. There are 300,000 Muslims that are being forced out of their country in a country that is hardly even noticed, but in the big picture there are nearly 8billion people in the world and those 300,000 are merely nothing. It sucks for those Muslims but it’s the truth.
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