No, BO, what I have done is demonstrate that the Bolter and yourself have an appalling understanding of exactly what British Imperialism meant for the subject peoples of the British Empire. You ignore their suffering believing it was "all for the greater good", when in reality it was real suffering by real people who resented being ruled from London for the benefit of the British people.Black Orchid wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:41 pmStill missing, completely avoiding, the point. There there Brian. Pats you on the head.
Out of a matter of interest, do you ever what watch "Antiques Roadshow" on ABC-TV? I have to keep explaining to my kids, the reason why common folk in the UK have all these fantastic antiques in their possession when the UK, particularly in Victorian times is portrayed constantly as being poverty stricken and living in slum like conditions. Do you know why, BO? Because of the British Empire. Nabobs would often go out, poor to the Empire and would return fabulously wealthy. How? 'cause they'd ripped off the Natives and ground their faces into the dirt. Tut, tut and you'd just overlook that 'cause you believe that the Indigenous people would have been worse off under other Imperial Powers? Apart from the odd massacre, most of the other Imperial Powers left their subject peoples pretty well alone. Only the British thought they should save them, often with disastrous consequences. "White man's burden" was created by an Englishman - Rudyard Kipling - who really believed all that bullshit. Just as you and the Bolter do.