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From: Red Globe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Macdonald Stainsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:37 AM
Subject: Re[2]: BRITAIN WILL NOT APOLOGISE FOR SLAVERY: PM'S OFFICE
>But the politics or - better - behaviour of the Empires beyond their
>territories were based on their behaviour to its inhabitants. The
>holocaust of the native Americans, the Slavery brought to Africa, the
>killing and slaughter of the Aboriginals were very much in a tradition
>starting in the early Medievals with the slaughter of slavian Nations,
>of the process to transform free farmers to "Leibeigene" (some sort of
>privat property to the landlords).
>"Bad" is the wrong description.
'Bad' is certainly not the whole story of
the British Empire - while expliotation and
repression were undoubtedly the main
themes of, for example the colonisation
of the Asian sub continent there was
one 'good' by-product in that the once
feuding warlords who were either defeated
militarily or bought off with presents managed
eventually to become the united opposition
which threw out the colonists.
Woe betide the imperial army which seeks
to capture India today.
Apologetically,
Bill.
