sonson
Striker
As I said, there are old people living now who experienced the negative impact of Imposed British rule, and their kid's lives have been massively shaped by it. The British Empire did bad things within living memory and it was the same institution who 100 years before used and prospered from using slaves. The British population and diaspora is shaped by the British Empire far more than it is by anything else. Its not distant history at all.The question for me is how far back do we go?
I'm not arguing that there isnt a statue of limitations on historical events but it dosent apply to something that people would identify as being contemporaily important to them. As I've said elsewhere, if people want others to get over slavery they should also get over feelings of pride in relation to say the Spanish Armada or Waterloo, both of which occurred while slavery did. It's either all fair game to talk about or not at all.