Archive.org fails to bypass firewall, ghostarchive fails altogether, archive.today is not happy with my work IP today. Would appreciate anyone posting an archive link of sorts for everyone as I’ve found the write up very interesting.

  • rah
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    8 months ago

    it’s a distortion of history

    Of course. But that doesn’t change the fact that your criticism was wrong. You criticised the article by saying it was incorrect when that wasn’t the case. It doesn’t matter how egregious the article’s content is, you were still making a straw man argument. Do better please.

    as a defence

    You’re confusing my defence of reason for defense of the British Empire.

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      8 months ago

      It’s intellectually negligent to hide behind semantics when faced with the vivid realities of history. Your approach is not a defence of reason but an abdication of it.

      The article’s simplification is a disservice to historical accuracy and to those who deserve to have the full story of their past acknowledged.

      My criticism stands: the article’s content is not merely ‘egregious’ in its oversimplification—it’s irresponsible.

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        8 months ago

        Your approach is not a defence of reason but an abdication of it.

        LOL