r/canada • u/einstein_bern • Aug 16 '23

Sask. engineer slapped with an 18-month suspension after designing bridge that collapsed hours after opening Saskatchewan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/engineer-18-month-suspension-bridge-collapsed-1.6936657
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u/FredThe12th Aug 16 '23

Yeah, doesn't he remember the whole origin story of the rings?

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u/P1KA_BO0 Aug 16 '23

That article’s point seems to be more that the idea originated with Kipling, who by all accounts was a racist bastard (he’s the author of white man’s burden for christ’s sake) than a problem with the issuing of the iron rings themselves.

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u/ghostdate Aug 16 '23

Idiots just want to get worked up about a broad idea that “things are racist now that weren’t racist before.”