rapsuperstar31 said:
JuliusHackebeil said:
I would say that the number one issue of these protesters is immigration. Britain overwhelmingly wants less of it. But three tory governments and a labour one was not able to fulfill the will of the people. Perhaps the elites want to remember now that they all live in a democracy where majority rule ought to be applied.
By the way, I read that 100.000 is underestimating the number of protesters by quite a bit. |
You guys literally tried to take over the world a few hundred years ago. No country wanted you coming into their countries. |
I am not british. But even if I were, I should not be punished for the sins of my forefathers. I did nothing wrong. And they most probably did not either. Colonialism came from a very few, very wealthy people, not from the broad public.
But looking at british colonialism, I think you will find that commonwealth countries are typically far better off than their neighbours. Must have been one hell of an influence the British had (banning the burning of alive widows with their dead husbands in India, food preservation tactics, common law - Indian population and life expectancy increased immensly during their rule, after stagnating for a long time.)
And just because the british had awefull episodes in their history does not mean that anybody else was not at least just as awefull. They were instrumental in ending the transatlantic slave trade - while the African slavers wanted it to continue.
And any of that certainly does not mean that the british people today should not be allowed to have immigration laws to their liking. You can recognise that going into another country and taking control was not good when the british did it. But when people try doing that to the british people, that is okay? Your moral compass really tells you that people who had nothing to do with common, global historic evils should be punished? Than so should any other country - there is not one without blood on their hands.