I note you very carefuly did not highlight the rest of that sentence. "without in any way making the actions of Europeans anything other than reprehensible." Such selective quoting is frank… (View Post)

Except absolutely no one was defending slavery or excusing anyone. Indeed the comments from Kle4, Sean and myself were all crictical of the fact that people want to look at one section of the slave t… (View Post)

Straw man. We are not talking about current activities but how we view those that occured in the past long after all the guilty parties (and the innocent) are dead. Too many people on all sides want … (View Post)

Seems apt. After all he is the direct descendent of the slaver Kings who originally owned the bronzes - which were made from the manillas they were paid for selling slaves to the Europeans. (View Post)

Nope. Globally it is calculated at around 7 degrees so very much the same ball park. (View Post)