Does the UK have any moral right to judge other countries?

[staffordshrew]

Bearing in mind our history; slave trading, bombing Dresden,  using the police against striking miners, colluding with the USA in wars, treatment of people who have risked everything to get here in small boats, etc., does the UK have any moral right to judge the actions of other countries?

Personally, I think we do.  I think we must learn from our mistakes and have a background and a duty, with the small amount of influence we have these days,  to try to get the world to learn from our mistakes too.

[martinshrew]

Nov 4, 2022 11:08:39 GMT 1 staffordshrew said:

Bearing in mind our history; slave trading, bombing Dresden,  using the police against striking miners, colluding with the USA in wars, treatment of people who have risked everything to get here in small boats, etc., does the UK have any moral right to judge the actions of other countries?

Personally, I think we do.  I think we must learn from our mistakes and have a background and a duty, with the small amount of influence we have these days,  to try to get the world to learn from our mistakes too.

We're not the beacon of all that is right and wrong in the world, but we're a damn sight better than the good old U S of A.

My issue is us forcing our way of living on others, flip the table and they'd be anarchy. If certain countries want to live in what most of us do perceive to be a backward way of living, that's up to them.