Re:Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K
by dingaling on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:45AM
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> I hate that India was ever colonized by Britishers.
Did you prefer it when 'India' was colonized by the Mongols?
Or perhaps the post-Mongol period when hundreds of States ruled by greedy Princes fought amongst themselves?
I'm not apologising for the Empire but it's erroneous to believe that the British landed on the shores of a peaceful and harmonious landmass and suddenly imposed all sorts of previously-unseen nastiness.
Did you prefer it when 'India' was colonized by the Mongols?
Or perhaps the post-Mongol period when hundreds of States ruled by greedy Princes fought amongst themselves?
I'm not apologising for the Empire but it's erroneous to believe that the British landed on the shores of a peaceful and harmonious landmass and suddenly imposed all sorts of previously-unseen nastiness.