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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by geofft on Sunday November 08, 2015 @12:06AM (#10527585)
Napier is one of my favorite historical figures, but wasn't sati banned based on the requests of (native) Hindu reformers, and Napier merely spoke in favor of the ban when other Hindu priests complained? It seems like a stretch to argue that it was Napier who worked to put an end to sati.
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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by SHIT_TALKER on Sunday November 08, 2015 @12:43AM (#10527667)
None of the other sensible men like Napier gave such a pithy and powerful quote on the topic.
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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by geofft on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:49PM (#10530115)
Ah, yes, pithy and powerful quotes! I should be thankful for colonialism for providing pithy and powerful quotes. Take up the white man's burden of speechwriting.

Seriously, there are much better arguments for the position you're espousing. I can come up with half a dozen without trying. If you're really interested in contributing to discourse, try making them.

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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by SHIT_TALKER on Sunday November 08, 2015 @10:33PM (#10531234)
The topic was the banning of Sati. It was just one example of the benefits of British rule. That it is such a salutary example is why I mentioned it. You are welcome to keep crying on Twitter that people said things you don't like but I have nothing further to say to you.
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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by geofft on Monday November 09, 2015 @10:29PM (#10537447)
It's not even close to salutary. You can't defend your point, that's why you have nothing further to say to me. You are wrong on the facts, and you don't even know how to lose an argument graciously.
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Re:ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway by SHIT_TALKER on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:03PM (#10548898)
What argument is there to be had with someone who will not even admit the elimination of the ritual immolation of widows as a salutary benefit of colonial rule? There's clearly no reason involved in such a stance but simply reflexive chauvinism.
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