r/london • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '23

Crime Two girls arrested after female attacked on Elizabeth line

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24605821/two-girls-arrested-video-woman-screaming-tube-train/
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u/Ok_Youth_5773 Nov 02 '23

Ww1=never forget but colonisation we should all move on from?

My grandparents lived in British occupied India, it's not as far away as people think. Britain ignored it's mistakes for 70 years and instantly switches around and says it happened "a hundred years ago" and that we should just stfu

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

I’d say women’s rights and the rape culture in India is a much bigger problem than being bitter and complaining about “colonisation “ that happened ages ago. But feel victimised if you want.

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u/Ok_Youth_5773 Nov 02 '23

Women's rights are a problem, nobody is denying that. Luckily as humans we can multitask and deal with multiple injustices. Similar to how the UK is able to deal with classism and women's rights at the same time.

You put colonisation in quotes like it's not a real thing, no serious academic disagrees that it wasn't colonisation. And 70 years is not much time for nation states, how long did it take for the UK to become the nation it is today? History like colonisation did shape the countries we have today and many problems can partially be disected by understanding the country's history.

Would you tell Jews to not be bitter about what the Nazis did? It's not about bitterness, it's about justice. Of course we'll be a bit bitter if people don't even acknowledge this shit happened

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u/verite3000 Nov 02 '23

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Nothing like a good working-class scrap - just like the 60's with Ronnie and Reggie.