Just to support my argument, even the golden age of Athens had slavery, genocide and imperialism. You should not try and view the past through modern eyes. You could go on about "appalling track record this country has commited through the centuries." I could go on about it's achievements. Unfortunately, they often go together. The fact that Griffith's concentrated on one and ignored the other made me suspect his motives. His death is a loss to the enemies of Britain and to self loathing Englishman, like yourself Mr Miat.