My people were responsible for lots of atrocities and i don’t want to excuse them but…it bothers me just a little at how readily early settlers in australia and america changed their nationality depending on whether they were having turkey with the natives or handing out smallpox blankets. Discover the source of the Darling or route over the Blue Mountains? Great Australian explorer! Massacre Tasmanians? Evil brit!
I wonder if there is a more consistent way to attribute the good deeds and the bad deeds?
PS. Did i mention that the british did lots of bad stuff? Very bad. In excusable.