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[-] Henle@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Why would they do that I presume they like the rhinos because they are killing people on their behalf

[-] muddi@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Corruption? Indian rangers are basically police. They're uniformed and armed, and apparently have orders to kill. ACAB

I was in a car once when the driver accidentally went into a restricted forest area, and he just gave the guards a bribe to let us out without punishment. They're presumably better than the actual police generally, but in the tribal areas they can be just as bad.

[-] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

taking a bribe because someone kinda broke the law without causing harm is not the same as killing the animals you are supposed to protect, like whole orders of magnitude different.

[-] muddi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm not saying those two are the same things. However I read some articles where tribal people and villagers claimed to be shot on sight for wandering into parks, then tortured for protesting this.

My point was just that the sentiment for forest rangers in the US or elsewhere doesn't necessarily apply to India. The forest department might be more like the Bureau of Indian Affairs in some cases

[-] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

However I read some articles where tribal people and villagers claimed to be shot on sight for wandering into parks, then tortured for protesting this.

that's interesting. much more compelling than the other things.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yanks must like oil corporations - after all, they are killing people on their behalf.

[-] Henle@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

They do like oil corporations yes.

That's like what the US is known for. Liking them so much they invade countries

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Right? What a bizarre attempt at a dunk

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Or even just do straight up high seas piracy of oil tankers, like with Venezuela and Iran

Think about the kind of person that would sign up to murder other people.

You think they wouldn’t shoot an innocent person for fun?

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