Mr. Boy, I'd be interested to know how far back you'd go with that. Living memory would be my instinctive approach to this sort of thing. How would you handle Caesar, who massacred a tribe … (View Post)

Mr. Malmesbury, aye.... Although my mind drifts towards Chinese concentration camps while leaders wibbled about 'never again' during Holocaust Memorial events. (View Post)

Mr. Boy, learning from the past is great. It allows us to profit from the lesson without paying for the tutelage. What I object to is twofold: 1) Imposing guilt on the present for the sins (true or f… (View Post)

Mr. Boy, slavery was endemic in Africa at the time. And Arabia. And continued elsewhere after we stopped it. A fetish for self-flagellation is not something I find appealing. Oh, and, of course, we&#… (View Post)

Mr. Thompson, I get paid in dollars. Not thrilled with the current exchange rate. (View Post)