Thread: Black Lives Matter
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Old 06-07-2020, 12:15   #982
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Re: Black Lives Matter
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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post

Another one for "well, what about the Romans?" If you didn't use such ridiculous comparisons, you might be able to debate the point. As this is an Internal forum, we need to involve WWII so let's ask this question: should the German people feel guilty and apologise for the actions of the Nazi Party?

Ah you say, Great Britain was nothing like the Nazi's so the comparison is invalid and of course, we're British after all. But the Germans invaded sovereign countries and we never .. ok, maybe we did. The Germans plundered the wealth & resources of the conquered and we never .. ok, maybe we did. And So On ..

If it is wrong, it is wrong. There are degrees of wrong but they are still wrong.
It is not a ridiculous comparison. The Roman invasion of Britain happened. So did slavery. Both are in the past and cannot be changed, that was my point.

The German people apologise for Hitler? No, they shouldn't - the current generation was not born during his time, so why should they?

I don't disagree with your last paragraph - of course the events we are discussing were wrong. But for this generation to apologise for the misdeeds of previous generations is just nuts. Nowt to do with me, guv.
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