[lrt's friend]

I am not sure how reviling the founder of this country is going to lead us to reconciliation.

The founders of this country had a challenge on how to deal with the indigenous population. How were we going to transform from a nomadic society to a modern society? How were we going to integrate the indigenous population? We cannot and should not glorify what was going on for centuries past. It was inevitably going to end, no matter what. Did our 19th ancestors make the right choices? Were they even equipped to make the right choices at that time?

It is correct to shine the light on the decisions that were made but I question that totally staining the reputations of our 19th century leaders is going to lead us forward in a positive manner.