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Originally Posted by flameswin
This seems like a pretty damn good reason to rename the bridge, no? I'm not quite sure I follow your reasoning to not rename it.
You like the name, or just don't like things being renamed? What would be the main reason for keeping a name attached to a horrible black eye on our country?
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Do you think the people who set up the residential school system did so with malice in their hearts? And where do we stop with this stuff? Scratch out the names of Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Tommy Douglas, etc. because they supported eugenics?
There's hardly a historical person born before 1950 who would pass a modern litmus test of correct values and behaviours.