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So you can’t do a good thing just because you do other bad things?

So you must be either a saint (who also did a lit of bad things) or the devil himself (who punishes bad people).

You could just simply acknowledge the fact that Britain was one of the first major powers to abolish slave trade and later slavery across its empire, and it actively pushed other countries to follow.



>> the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom

That is the claim that has been challenged by many here. It's just too much, and I am not even Irish ..


in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

I guess the track record of other countries isn’t much better


As soon as "other countries" are mentioned as having done "the most" for freedom of bipeds I promise you they will roasted as well. 'k?




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