06-03-2022, 04:16 PM
(06-03-2022, 03:58 PM)Praktica Wrote:cant deny any of that, but we did much worse shit to much nicer people.(06-03-2022, 02:58 PM)Magoo Wrote: youve not been shouted down at a meeting then. youve not been accused of selfishly getting wealthy on other peoples poverty (property owners), have you been told yet that your old racist white arse is responsible for the ills maoridom suffer?Yeah, well my ancestors lived on a island near some of yours - they had their land stolen, their religion persecuted and hundreds of thousands died of famine - guess who did that?
have you not been told that as a boomer you got a free education and a life of white privilege to boot?
have you not noticed the demographic most insults regarding pedophilia are aimed at? i get that every couple of weeks.
im proud of my ancestry.
we occupied a couple of islands in the north atlantic ocean
we were colonised many times.
the vikings, the normans, the anglo saxons, the norsemen et al all contributed to our make up.
we went on to colonise the world, building an empire so large the sun never set on it.
We were empire builders, we brought the technology and science to change the world.
our intentions were good, our delivery awful
one or two of my ancestors might hail from that island as well. so its kind of an own goal in that regard.
and you cant really blame us for the potato famine thing, we werent UberEats, we had nothing to do with menu planning.
we had our own huddled masses to worry about, which is why were looting other peoples huddled masses.
you cant make an omelette without breaking eggs etc. 
you dont hear us crying about the wicked Gauls, or those hairy thieving vikings or tribal fishing rights or the bloody self absorbed roman invaders. no, we took it on the chin. made lemonade us, embraced it.
took the best bits and conquered the world us.
So if you disappear out of view You know I will never say goodbye