24-02-2022, 11:22
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Trollsplatter
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Re: Calls to make black, asian and minority ethnic history compulsory
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Originally Posted by ianch99
Why is teaching about our country's past "anti-White British"?
What other countries did at the time is orthogonal to what we did. If our neighbours invaded countries while we did, does that excuse us doing it?
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Italy was not the "successor state. There were many intermediate entities e.g. the Ostrogoths, the City States (Milan, Florence, Pisa, Siena, Genoa, Ferrara, Mantua, Verona and Venice), the Duchy of Tuscany, the Papal States, etc.
In contrast, the UK of Georgian and Victorian periods has direct lineage in terms of governance, continuity & ownership to the UK of today. There is a world of difference between the two examples.
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So, to address my question, how many intermediate entities insulate a modern government from the sins of a predecessor? Only one? Or does it take several? And in what sense does continuity of ownership transfer responsibility for events beyond living memory?
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