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HMCS Calgary just arrived un Brunei for a port visit, and their ship's Facebook page posted about 30 pictures with the captions: "HMCS Calgary just arrived in Brunei! We’re so honoured to be welcomed here. Onward!" (colour mine)
Does anyone else see an issue with this? That we're saying we are "honoured" to be welcomed into a country where it is illegal to be gay, so much so that (despite a moratorium on the practice), the punishment for homosexuality is death? How can we be "honoured" to be welcomed somewhere who's values run so counter to our own?
Does anyone else see an issue with this? That we're saying we are "honoured" to be welcomed into a country where it is illegal to be gay, so much so that (despite a moratorium on the practice), the punishment for homosexuality is death? How can we be "honoured" to be welcomed somewhere who's values run so counter to our own?