Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
This is hilarious, and is what I meant when I said that people start with the conclusion that Britain is wrong and needs a kicking, and set up the rules to come to that conclusion. Since whatever we do, we're going to be judged in the wrong, I'd rather we didn't do anything. We're still going to be wrong, but it's cheaper.
Well, whatever the truth is, you keep arguing about how some arbitrary monetary net benefits make up for 29 million starved Indians and millions of slaves. You simply cannot accept any scenario where Britain made a mistake because it was either just standard or a revolutionary good deed depending on how it suits Britain's glory best.

I never said the abolition of slavery was a bad thing, just what you and everyone else did before was. To that I am told that since everyone did it, it was alright and I can't use modern standards. But the moment Britain decided to abolish slavery, I apparently do have to use modern standards and call it a great thing even though noone else abolished it. Why?