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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.