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Originally Posted by icecube
Pure horse #### narrative and anyone who believes that tripe is a moron. They did not have the best interest of indigenous peoples in mind for even one nano second. Every single racist government policy, from the residential school system to the indian act was meant to keep them in the gutter and give white settlers an advantage.
Numerous examples of malice in the indian act and residential schools. What you are saying is myth and an attempt to let Canada off the hook.
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I think the examples of malice in the act and residential schools demonstrate what I am trying to say. They wanted to take the children at the time and indoctrinate them in white culture and let the rest die out. What I'm saying is that the people who did this believed that given the information at the time what they were doing was right.
I think as a country we have to answer for what happened in residential schools. And as a country we have to answer for the in humane treatment of these peoples as savages.
But when it comes to evaluating the actions of individuals I think you need to be a little more delicate. And you need to consider the morality of the day. If someone was anti-gay in the 50s would you hold them to the same standard of today and say their other accomplishments aren't worth celebrating.