From WSJopinion: No country or culture’s historical record is spotless. The vital question is whether the balance of good over bad was sufficiently decisive to build a civilization that advances humanity generally, writes Melik Kaylan.
Main Street: As mobs tear down statues of Lincoln and Grant, where does the Democrat stand? Images: Shutterstock/AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyMy elegant old hometown of Bristol, England, made world headlines when it kicked off the statue-bashing craze that swept many Western cities.
Amid the uproar of argument, the central consideration remains overlooked: No country or culture’s historical record is spotless. The vital question is whether, at each stage of evolution, the balance of good over bad was sufficiently decisive to build a civilization that advances humanity generally.To Read the Full Story
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