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  1. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    The key point that anyone reading any history book should remember. History is a matter of interpretation and presentation. A history book can...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Feb 3, 2022 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    The problem with that is that it is difficult to determine the worthiness of different causes. If the government slashed the arts budget to...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 17, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. eldomtom2
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    You seem to be attempting to imply that tax deducations for philanthropy is some sort of loophole rather than a clear and intended part of the law.
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 17, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  5. eldomtom2
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    While that is all perfectly true (see for instance the Shuzenji Romney Railway), marketing 4920 as an authentic British artifact would seem to...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 14, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  6. eldomtom2
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    An exhibition that would display it as something it is and not something it is not.
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 11, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  7. eldomtom2
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    There are also, of course, the precise circumstances regarding what it has been sold for.
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 10, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  8. eldomtom2
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    4920 Dumbleton Hall

    Under the complex regulations*, the key question if whether or not WB paid more than £65,000 for it, at which point a license is required. Of...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 6, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
  9. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    And now we are getting to the crux of the matter - the question is no longer about the facts but about our judgment of the sincerity and ease of...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Jan 4, 2022 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  10. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    It is very convenient that you see support of the Soviet Union as completely acceptable, and further morph 35B's statement that "Kuya did not...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 31, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  11. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    What is it then? What separate framework other than morality do we have to judge things like slavery and other atrocities?
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 26, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  12. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    This is, frankly, an idiotic viewpoint. How can you say slavery is wrong without appealing to broader moral principles?
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 26, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  13. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    This is dodging the question. What is the difference? You clearly seem to deem it acceptable to judge the morality of actions two centuries past....
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 23, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  14. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    I like how you neatly imply I am pro-slavery. In actual fact, the moral questions I was talking about are: * The morality of judging actions...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 21, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  15. eldomtom2
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    Don't patronise me. I am not arguing that there are not moral questions, I am arguing that the project (and you) will/are make/making assumptions...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 18, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Even Steam Engines are "racist" it seems

    The fact that you use the phrase "moral issues" is highly indictive of the problems with this project: the no doubt massive amounts of moral...
    Post by: eldomtom2, Dec 16, 2021 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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