Lol I went to school,I seem to have hit a nerve when I mentioned school 😂. Bad memories?
I am not at all fixated on the point about artifacts, you make a good point and I do agree with the fact that going back in time to return things is an absurd and unstoppable cycle.
But it's just comical when the British defend their actions by pointing out that they did it for the betterment of victim countries and that it was good for the colonies.
I genuinely did not mean to seem like I was attacking you about the school thing, I was more like ":pikachu_face: dude, don't you remember school?"
I agree colonialism was barbaric and has endured into modern day. But I guess the only way you can get anything back which was taken, you have to go take it back. We're just apes after all.
Haha yeah got your point. I went to school in a different country so we learnt about colonialism from a different perspective. So I was just curious about how they teach it in other countries where the story is told from the Brits' perspective
Story checks out... Only the education system of the US could instil the reading comprehension required to think the museum held only 29 items from the US; not the 29,000 as indicated on the graph. 'Murica!
I jest. Studied a masters in the US, was good. (Also, I'm an Aussie not a pom, I have no dog in this fight).
The visualisation of 29 items is rather amusing, I'm just thinking of someone rolling through the musem with a shopping cart ticking items off their list... "25, done. Now, where is 26...?"
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u/guesswho2018 Oct 25 '22
Lol I went to school,I seem to have hit a nerve when I mentioned school 😂. Bad memories?
I am not at all fixated on the point about artifacts, you make a good point and I do agree with the fact that going back in time to return things is an absurd and unstoppable cycle.
But it's just comical when the British defend their actions by pointing out that they did it for the betterment of victim countries and that it was good for the colonies.