Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York's Museum of Natural History

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9. I Don't Know If Its Fair

to hold up historical figures to the norms of today's society. Historians generally judge people's character compared to norms at the time they lived. Norms change over time as society evolves. I don't think folks 100 years from now will think much of today's folks' moral compasses (at least I would expect they wouldn't).

And that gets back to one major issue I have with our current society. The utter lack of allowance for people making mistakes. No one is perfect. We all do things we later regret or upon reflection wish we hadn't done. There's almost no allowance for making mistakes in the public arena any more and I think that's a shame.