we're not the british empire anymore, true i admit the british empire had some massive faults but that was all a long time ago, why do people insist on past errors an bringing them into the present and future? e.g. hitler, ok he killed millions of jews and he helped cause a massive war but that doesn't mean germans are responsible for WW2.
2007-11-24 23:13:11 · 8 answers · asked by tim_abbotcole 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because for some people, blaming someone else means you don't have to face up to reality.
When things go wrong in your life you can simply blame the British Empire instead of maybe getting off your backside and doing something to put it right.
FWIW though one of my best friends is Malaysian Indian and she and her family have never ever said anything bad about Britain (they live here!). Her sister is even married to a British guy and they love him in Malaysia when he goes to visit. He's one of the family.
2007-11-25 11:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is only one example of this kind of thing. Some black people still blame white people for their troubles because of slavery, which ended over 100 years ago. Granted, it sure as heck didn't help, but the real history of the situation is more complex - there were African tribes selling their enemies to the white slave traders. It isn't a part of history white people should be proud of, but I was born almost 100 years after the end of slavery - I had absolutely nothing to do with it. The 400 years of oppression definitely had an effect, but I was not there to stop it so I do not consider myself responsible for something that I could not possibly control.
BTW: I'm a blues-rock guitarist, so what I love to do wouldn't exist without black culture, but it would have been a whole lot better if that 400 years of oppression had never occurred.
2007-11-24 23:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, isn't it convenient that a generation can commit genocide and other atrocities and simply wait until the next generation to be absolved from all responsibility. These things don't appear in a vacuum and it's likely, if not inevitable, that succeeding generations of the same people will do the exact same thing!!!
2007-11-24 23:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by Monk 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
... because people do.
Some people just don't seem to be able to look forward and get on with their lives preferring to rake up the past and attempt to hold others today to moral ransome for the actions of their ancestors sometimes hundreds of years ago of which they had no part in whatsoever. What is the point at all?
2007-11-24 23:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by 203 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-30 03:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what are the british empire being blamed for?
2007-11-24 23:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by AbbeySam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They did not become independent until1957 so many still remember. Many of those who lived in occupied Europe during WWII still do not trust Germany, and were not happy about reunification.
2007-11-24 23:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by meg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I know what you mean, here in the US we get the slavery crap from people who were never slaves.
2007-11-25 00:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋