On May 16, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
One big problem with the British in India (and Ulster and Palestine…)
was that they _created_ a lot of those divisions (or reinforced and
deepened the existing divisions) and then used them to justify their
rule. I don’t know if they created divisions within PNG as much as in
India. After all, the country was split between a lot of ethnic groups
in relatively isolated small territories before the Brits and other
Europeans invaded.
Say what? Where's Ian with his reflexivity alert? ;-)
(okay, I admit I snipped out the part where JD says he defers to those
with greater knowledge of India or words to that effect).
--ravi
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