Interesting views aired, and valid too. But no nation is without guilt at some point in its history, in its treatment of its own nationals and those of other nations, past or present. The universal word that applies to us all, whatever nationality, is greed. As soon as we all loose this seemingly inherrant trait - the world will become something towards true freedom. I doubt I will see that day in my lifetime - but we have to hope, for the sake of our children. Kindest regards Malcolm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "balaji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Colonisation was not however an unmitigated disaster for > India and had many positives. "We are bringing them to Christianity" said Slater on the slave ship. An upright and honest judicial system that > continued to dispense humane justice in spite of the many black laws enacted > by the administration. The British judicial system was only intent upon ensuring the smooth exploitation of India - contracts law - that is what it was all about. Entire generations of Brahman were transformed from being spiritual non-materialistic beacons into judges who would ensure transactions that bled India of its resources. The many voices of conscience from Britain that spoke > up for the natives. Churchill's voice rose above them all: "naked little fakhir". Voices were raised around the world. Yet the British kept electing racist imperialistic governments The excellent education system which was mostly secular > with little attempt at religious proselytisation. To transform Indians into good little servants - engineers, technical workers, etc. to better exploit the nation. Indians left alone would nevertheless have an excellent school system. They have no one to thank. Proselytisation would have spelled an unmanageable jihad against the occupiers. It was a practical choice, nothing more. The basic railroad that > has mushroomed > into the largest in the world. The railroad was built to move resources and workers. It was a system designed to rob Indians of their resources as efficiently as possible. What Indians did with it after the Brits were booted out is a testament to Indians, not to the British. > > I think it had partly to do with the British sense of justice and fairplay > (it wasn't cricket) and the rule of law most of them abided by back in > Britain. What a crock. Where is the fair play in keeping an entire nation subjugated by force of arms?. The fairplay myth is just that, a myth. It may have existed on a coventry cricket field, but it did not exist in any colony of any empire. That's possibly why slave trading initiated by the British in the > Americas, > was abolished in 1807, long before it happened in the USA. more likely from the extreme guilt associated with being the world's number one and most ruthless slave traders. > > Regards. > > balaji good reading on the matter: Freedom struggle http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- /8173044422/qid=1084999512/sr=8-15/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i15_xgl14/103- 3251336-7764659?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Pierre Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
