Selectivity

As I watch the news today, I see something appalling. It is painful, it is wretched and it has an odor - it is the odor of injustice. I am watching a prime example of political selectivity. I am watching a bully set a double standard for the nerdy kid in the corner, whose only wrongdoing was his unwillingness to give up his lunch money. The saddest part is that this is no playground, this is the world.

As I discussed in my previous post Crimea and the Referendum, there are currently big troubles between Russia and the USA.

After Crimea had the opportunity to join Russia in their referendum, other mainly Russian speaking parts of the Ukraine (namely the Eastern parts) have been demanding to have the right to hold a referendum to join Russia, too. All over Donetsk, and other major cities with ethnic Russian citizens, the people have been protesting. They have seized government buildings after attempts at peaceful protest came to no avail. These people have begun their fight to become free from the currently fascist, corrupted, illegitimate and oppressive government. 

There is only one problem with this. These people aren't being allowed to fight. They are being silenced. Contrary to the Anti-Putin/Anti-Russia/Anti-Yanukovich protesters, who were being applauded for their bravery and their rebellion, these Anti-West protesters are being threatened. I might add that the government which is threatening them is illegitimate. It's not like these people elected the government, it's more like it imposed itself on the people and has now started spewing unjustified orders to the citizens.
Why in the world are other countries not getting involved, countries like, say, the US, which is notorious (or famous) for it's chronic involvement on things that do not concern them? Western countries couldn't tolerate even the slightest attempt of the Yanukovich Regime to calm protesters, but they can tolerate these obvious human rights abuses by the self-appointed government? Sounds fishy… Why would a country do that? I'll leave that up to you.
As to what happened exactly, the protesters in Donetsk seized a government building and proclaimed it the People's Republic of Donetsk. Yes, it is a self-proclaimed autonomous region. It's territory? An 11 story building and it's surroundings. It's government? A handful of pro-Russians. So can this 11 story building really threaten the country in such a way that threats to protesters would be justified? Probably not. (Not even Russia recognizes this building as an independent entity) Needless to say, within a little of the building actually declaring itself independent, the central government cut off the building electricity and started dishing out the ultimatums. Really, quite appalling events especially since the Western governments did nothing to try and stop these atrocities from happening to the citizens, who are lawfully allowed to protest. Tsk tsk.
Now as we wait to see what happens next in this region and as we watch the madness unfold, all we are left with is the daunting reality of how unfair, unjust and selective our own government truly is.