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by zzzpaz 1816 days ago
So we should glorify a place like United States of America which was built on top of one of the worst genocide of the history? Where slavery was the norm till 1863 and since the end of world war 2 it has been involved in numerous wars around the world
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inglor_cz 1816 days ago
The current mood in the wealthy coastal elites does not look like glorification of the US at all, more like "constant self-flagellation" precisely over the topics that you mention.

You seem to be somewhat pushing at an open door with your comment.

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rantwasp 1816 days ago
IMHO you cannot change the past but you can definitely shape the future. There are very few things that are worth “glorifying” once you go behind the curtain and see/know how the sausage is made
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zzzpaz 1816 days ago
One point is to look at the far last (2 thousands years ago) and one point is to see the recent and contemporary history.

We have countries like the US that have been bullying and fighting wars around the world since the end of the world war two, yet we're here to discuss how many gladiator and lions were killed two thousands years ago

As always you can't feel how smelly is your breath but you're easy to spot a small dot in someone's eye

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joosters 1816 days ago
yet we're here to discuss how many gladiator and lions were killed two thousands years ago

Actually, it appears that you are here solely to bring the US into the discussion with every one of your comments. Maybe give it a rest?

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zzzpaz 1816 days ago
I'm here to show how empty these arguments are as compared as what happened next in history or even on how we treat people in some war zone nowadays

So said, is not that hard to understand that the article was about showing something that was hidden before and now is available to everyone to visit. Nobody is hiding or denying what happened there, every Italian school teaches it without propaganda.

Yet, many comments here are about "how so many people died let's not go to visit it". Like this is not even the sense of the article?

These comments brought the political consideration into picture and I'm just showing how weak these are.

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sawjet 1816 days ago
Will it is pretty glorious by all standards
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