Should ethnic minorities & 'yoofs' be allowed to delete our history?

[Dr. Alkathene]

Can we delete all UK history pre 1660? When 99% of poor, oppressed whitey peasants lived near as damn it enslaved under Feudalism?

 

[An Gof]

That police persons decision has set some sort of case to now remove any other statues that aren’t to certain people’s liking

It was reported that the Home Secretary had had words with him. They weren’t the right ones as he is still in post ?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Why not, what did the Romans ever do for us ?

had we better have compensation from Italy (for the Romans invading) and Denmark (for the vikings)?

 

[czechmate]

It's already bought an end to common sense .

I thought common sense was dead in the water when Leicester sighed
Ade Akinbiyi

 

[yellowbelly]

but still having statues to venerate these people , Is that not wrong,

The statues (like that one in Bristol) were put up many generations ago in less enlightened times. They are, like it or not, part of our history and should remain so. What happened in Bristol was inexcusable.

I don't think anybody is 'venerating' them and I guess nobody would suggest they were put up nowadays but they are there and as part of our history should remain so.

 

[bobk]

I thought common sense was dead in the water when Leicester sighed
Ade Akinbiyi

We got him for free .

Ade Akinbiyi reveals what it's like to be a transfer flop

The £5m former record buy is renowned as being one of the club's worst-ever signings

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

 

[robs1]

I wonder how many of the descendants of slaves living in the US would want to swap lives with the descendants of those left behind in Africa years ago, from where I'm looking those in the US have a far better life now than millions still living in Africa.
That's not saying slavery was right

 

[Mickstup]

suit me nicely if they levelled that symbol of Welsh repression by the english in the 700's.

 

[grainboy]

As I Posted, a while ago in another thread
Anarchy is not far away,

 

[puppet]

Why not, what did the Romans ever do for us ?

Baths.

OK not for everyone.

 

[Danllan]

suit me nicely if they levelled that symbol of Welsh repression by the english in the 700's.

'England' didn't exist in the 700s, and nor did Wales.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

I thought common sense was dead in the water when Leicester sighed
Ade Akinbiyi

Was that before or afterTrevor Benjamin?

 

[ford4000]

History is written by the winners,its not always the truth!
maybe they should have kept the statue up, but put a new explanation on it, about who the man was, and how he dealt in slaves, branded them, how many died on the terrible trans Atlantic journeys, how many were thrown overboard in their chains, how much money he made etc. Use it for education.

 

[Danllan]

History is written by the winners,its not always the truth!
maybe they should have kept the statue up, but put a new explanation on it, about who the man was, and how he dealt in slaves, branded them, how many died on the terrible trans Atlantic journeys, how many were thrown overboard in their chains, how much money he made etc. Use it for education.

And who he bought them from (other black Africans) and how they treated them too?

 

[ford4000]

And who he bought them from (other black Africans) and how they treated them too?

Yes.... But it's his statue there, or was

 

[puppet]

History is written by the winners,its not always the truth!

I like the definition of history as being something that might have happened written by someone who wasn't there.

 

[Danllan]

Yes.... But it's his statue there, or was

That's true enough; anyway, they pretend the Africans I referred to never existed...

 

[Bones]

I wonder how many of the descendants of slaves living in the US would want to swap lives with the descendants of those left behind in Africa years ago, from where I'm looking those in the US have a far better life now than millions still living in Africa.
That's not saying slavery was right

your not saying slavery was right,, but pretty dam close

 

[Tarw Coch]

I’m not sure how I’m supposed to respect the opinions of these protesters who have no respect for the police, property or other people’s lives with their mass gatherings and lack of social distancing in a pandemic.
Don’t think I could use any polite words to describe them.

 

[Danllan]

your not saying slavery was right,, but pretty ram close

No, he just stated a demonstrable truth. Africa, especially Black Africa, is a real sh!thole, I know because I lived and worked there long enough, to learn some languages and see and understand enough of the place. Most black Americans know this too, some even admit it - I remember a surgical consultant from, I think, Chicago, who hated Tanzanians after working as a volunteer there.

There are often unsubstantiatable comments made by the anti-slavery (who isn't?) mob with regard to Africa being 'robbed' of its brightest and best by slavery and not having reached its full potential because of it. This is clearly boll*cks, for two main reasons: firstly, a large proportion of the Africans enslaved by other Africans were what their leaders considered 'undesirables'; secondly, lots of areas of Africa escaped slavery and were / are still sh!t.

It occurs to me that on my visits to the US, the cities with majority black populations and - importantly - 'black' administrations, were also pretty crap, certainly by US standards. It seems that these chaps have a very large chip on their shoulders about a great deal that they are personally responsible for but do not wish to accept responsibility for. They are kicking the ars* out of something that was unarguably wrong but which has had no direct effect on them. It also seems that they have enormous inferiority complexes, and - based on their achievements - not without good reason.