Re-read your post and my answer missed the mark. You weren't accusing the British empire of genocide. My bad. Certainly I'm not out to excuse the British empir

Re-read your post and my answer missed the mark. You weren't accusing the British empire of genocide. My bad. Certainly I'm not out to excuse the British empire for any atrocities that were committed. Yes, times were different and other empires have been much worse. But a lot of dreadful things were done. Britain gunboats forcing China to accept Indian opium comes to mind as a particulalry shameful and inexcusable example.