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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [qb] This is a big theoretical issue in history: should one morally evaluate past societies and their actors in terms of the moral principles of the present? Caesar and other Roman generals invaded,killed and enslaved the inhabitants of Europe. The Appian Way in Rome was often lined with the slaughtered bodies of Europe's barbarian people. The Romans and Greeks before them ran slave societies made up of captives from their wars. The Romans liked their British slaves because they were meek and not very bright. London--originally Londinium--in England was a Roman fort that was built after the Roman invasions. Should the name, London be changed to Boudica who fought against the Romans? Muslims invaded India and killed many Hindus then built the Taj Mahal. Should it be destroyed and replaced with a Hindu temple? This is the basic question: should history be viewed through moral lenses? Yes, it has been viewed that way in some cases--but not in all cases. Hitler's wars and Nazism have been condemned non-stop in Europe. Stalin's crimes including purges, murders, show trials and torture gulags have been condemned but not as much. Napoleon is seen as hero in France with his revered Mausoleum, but was in favor of slavery in Haiti and tricked Toussaint to meet with him only to capture him and send him into exile. Serious responses only: How about renaming Howard University--Nat Turner University. And Spelman College, Harriet Tubman College? And all blacks casting off the names of the slavers who owned their ancestors as rejection of Confederates monuments of slavery? [/qb][/QUOTE]So how does tearing down a statue end racism in America? And once you start where do you stop? Do you tear down and rename every building,street, college, school building, institution, scholarship, piece of currency and anything else related to slavery and racism? And if the answer is yes you know that would literally mean tearing down almost EVERYTHING in America, Mt Rushmore included. The idea that the only notable figures in America who were openly racist white nationalists before or after the civil war were the Confederates is pure unadulterated complete nonsense. Just saying. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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