Originally Posted by
fortinian
RonnieW, you've forgotten Cunliffe, Goore (somtimes spelt Gore), Deane, Blundell, Blackburne, Knight, Backhouse, Gregson, Williamson, Hollinshead... They all had their fingers in the pie Ronnie.
I do not know what you mean by 'racist types' and I hope that is a general statement.
The difference between the slave traders and Hitler et al was that what they did was socially acceptable at the time. They were shaped by their society in the same way we are shaped by ours. It was only much later when leading lights such as Wilberforce and Roscoe tried to change societys outlook for the better.
I think you'll find that even Hitlers ideas were much criticised in his own time.
To John Doh... good point mate, perhaps we should be judged, but i'd hate to be the bugger who has to do it!
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