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Originally Posted by lio45
The argument "I don't feel comfortable going there under the current conditions" is complete BS as well, there's no way to notice the "current conditions" as they're subtle and will only affect you if you live there (and even then, they might very well not).
Same way a Japanese tourist to Banff in 2014 under Harper won't notice any change when visiting Banff again in 2016 under Trudeau. Even someone like me, if I didn't pay attention I wouldn't have realized we changed federal governments two years ago.
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When I was an undergrad in university for the type of people I studied and hung around with, the issue of apartheid in South Africa was a really big deal.
It was discussed a lot and there was even a guy I knew who was a card-carrying member of SWAPO - South West Africa People's Organization. They were based in Namibia but everything was all mixed in that part of the world, and SWAPO also fought against the South African defence forces.
Anyway, one of the things that was often said was the boycotts of South Africa and South African products, even if they hurt the majority population (eg blacks) economically, were still necessary and justified because the situation was so bad there and needed to change urgently.
The end justifies the means, basically.
I suppose there are some people who feel that way about the United States of America under Donald Trump.