On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:20:30 +0000, Steve Walker
wrote:

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Look as us, we are 'Great' from Great Britain. Have his mirror in
exchange for your land / produce / minerals / oil / people to enslave
...

Perfectly normal for developed nations of the time.

Understood, but how many are playing on those days with the whole
'Great' thing (and the point)?

Judging historical
actions against modern morals makes no sense.

And using them as a boasting tool are equally so then?

The people taking those
actions were living in a totally different moral environment and acted
according to it.

Of course, like 'Live stock today' etc.

France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Greece, etc. all had
there own empires. As did middle Eastern nations. African "nations"
conquered, killed and enslaved others, but did not have the advantage of
the industrial revolution.

And few continue to play on that, quite the opposite in all the 'owned
nations' that are reclaiming their independence.

Simply, that was the way it was.

Yup, but we are talking 'now'.

It's the *exact* same thing as putting up statues of slave traders
*now*.

No, you can't change history (and shouldn't try) but there are things
that people can be proud about and others less so.

Pushing the 'Great' part of Great Britain in the context of 'Look how
great we are' isn't one of them.

Cheers, T i m