whoelse9209

I'm looking to get a new phone from Apple (mainly for the new camera). I'm just waiting for them to make a smaller phone again!

This is because they read these stories of desperation and identify with the oppressed. Don't get me wrong, the Taliban is also twisted in many ways and evil at the core - but they're on message and know how to exploit oppression to entice others to join. The only way they're able to do this though, is for the oppression to occur in the first place.

I (and many people I know) would stand against this internment and join protests in the streets to put pressure on the government to reverse such a ridiculous blanket action. Regardless of what the government does to preserve their self interests and power, these actions are wrong and I will do what I can in my power to oppose them.

Was that the right action to take? Do you agree with that decision?

I'm sure, and that's an abomination. Violence is never the right means, but an entire minority does not become violent on their own until they feel they are desperate enough to perform these attacks in some futile effort to preserve things (culture) that means something to them or revenge for abusive actions taken against them.

If China was peacefully coexisting with them and allowing them to perform their religion freely, it makes no sense that they would feel the need to attack random civilians.

When training and development are mandates like forcible shaving of beards and forcing pork/alcohol upon these people, it's less about training/development and more about erasing individuality, religion, and thoughts that don't conform to the nation-state. This may be less violent than directly killing these people, but it's just as cruel and the world should meet such cruelty with resistance.

This is likely because the Uyghurs were discriminated against and monitored/abused similar to how US combat operations in the Middle East produced instability and collateral damage, making it easy to recruit people to the cause.

I highly doubt that one day this minority just decided to start attacking people randomly. It would take a crazy person to do something like this in China where the Communist government is known for making people disappear without trials or explanations, so it bears thinking about what would drive these people to be so desperate.

Do I support the attacks? Of course not, but I understand why they occur.