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2 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

 

Erm......

The history you were taught in school was the edited version. That's the point of widening your study material.

Seriously, how can you honestly claim to know what he learnt in school history lessons ?

Was you there in school with him ?

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It was there because his slave trading was ignored.

 

 

I really dont know, you would have to ask the people who put it there 

1 minute ago, Bruno123 said:

 

Seriously, educate yourself before you leave this mortal coil. Your contributions here lack aforethought.

right OK, are you gunna rob my house or not ?

Just now, Bruno123 said:

 

Developed the place on the backs of torturing and enslaving people? Proud of that are you?

So I can rob your house and give the proceeds to an old people's home....is that ok? 

I dunno, which old peoples home would you give it to ?

1 minute ago, Bruno123 said:

 

Wrong. It is up to the public to decide....or would you prefer a dictatorship?

He quite Cleary meant individual members of the public , rather than a government choice (to remove the statue)

Trying to burn the Union Jack at the Cenotaph today ^

1 minute ago, Sujo said:

 

 

Facts are that blacks are now treated by law enforcement and whites with issues, as guilty until proven innocent.

 

 

That isnt a fact though is it, thats just what you think might be true

8 minutes ago, AKJeff said:

I was only responding to the person before me talking about the USA.  I don't know why he brought it up.  I just quoted him and then gave a different experience.   Ask him why he brought the USA into the discussion. 

Oh yeah, I did meant to reply to him. sorry bout dat

Just now, tribalfusion001 said:

That would be correct, same as in the USA.

No, African slaves were actually sent to the USA to work during the 17/1800's and no slaves were sent to the UK to work , slaves settled in the USA and slaves didnt settle in the UK

3 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

The British took from Africa as slaves and then invited them in 50s and 60s to work in the UK. The black population of the West Indies are all former slaves. The statue pulled down in Bristol was an 18th century slave trader.

Would be descendants of slaves then rather than actual slaves

2 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

In the West Indies, British slaves and plantations. Independant countries after WW2.

But they stayed where they were and didnt move to the UK .

Immigration after WW2 has nothing to do with the slave trade

1 hour ago, Phulublub said:

Ah.  Well that's OK then.  Thanks for explaining. 

 

Out  of interest, what are the current unemployment figures, and how are they great?

 

PH

I dont recall exactly , but I think it was better than expected news on the job front 

Do a websearch to get more info

12 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Any country that had a colonial past with the slave trade will have a problem with their black population. The UK and the USA have the biggest problems with their black population and it goes back to the slave trade. There is no simple solutions for it, the best solution would have been for the UK not to invite people from the carribbean here and the USA to send all freed slaves back to Africa.

 

It's why I prefer to live in SE Asia, don't have those problems.

As far as Im aware, the UK didnt have any former African slaves

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Where to start with how disingenuous that reply is? 

 

First of all in the post I had replied to you asserted that you were fearful that you would be arrested for not chanting Black Lives Matter. 

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So then you deflect to totally change the topic to be about social distancing. 

 

It is true these protests are not social distancing and that protests are not being broken up for that reason alone. 

 

We could have a debate on whether that is OK or not but again that has nothing to do with your original absurd assertion. 

 

I didnt mean that  literally , I was referring to the poster that claimed my silence would be violence .

Wellif that counts for violence , then I could get arrested for it 

I was  making the point that the poster didnt make any sense .

You then suggested that I wouldnt get arrested if I was White and I was just pointing out that a White non protestor would be more likely to get arrested than a non White protestor for non social distancing

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Assuming you're white, they won't. 

Complete opposite actually .

Non protestors are not allowed to congregate in groups of over 6 people and may face arrest

These rules do not apply to protestors and they can do whatever they want without fearing arrest

2 minutes ago, AKJeff said:

Just so you know, almost ever county in the US has free covid testing.  Here is an article from a local paper.

 

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200513/coronavirus-florida-wellington-test-site-up-and-running-provides-free-covid-19-tests

 

If you have insurance which more than 90 percent of Americans do then it is probably free at the local clinic or doctor's office.  

 

Everyone I know who wants a test in the states has gotten them and no one I know of was charged $1,900.

 

What does that have to do with this topic ?

This thread is about Thailand , nothing to do with USA

3 hours ago, phetchy said:

He didn't seem too see anything bad in what went on and implied the incident was "a great thing".

 

 

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Arabs? In Malaysia?

 

Malaysia still can't even make a decent loaf of bread for a sandwich. Pass.

Probably meant to say Muslim

Black Wives matter ????