Nobody is expecting anyone to follow someone else principles.
You and OP should follow the principles that you feel best.
It wasn’t a mere discussion on military aviation history, context matters, the implication here is post apartheid the government is corrupt and incompetent, it was corrupt before too just propped up better by foreign powers.
> the implication here is post apartheid the government is corrupt and incompetent, it was corrupt before too just propped up better by foreign powers
A discussion about which one can knowledgeably have without any South African “lived experience,” apart from that of people then in that government.
Like, a group of diplomats in Jburg could probably have a more-informed discussion of American politics and history than a random assortment of Americans.
You and OP should follow the principles that you feel best.
It wasn’t a mere discussion on military aviation history, context matters, the implication here is post apartheid the government is corrupt and incompetent, it was corrupt before too just propped up better by foreign powers.