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This a far cry from the constant guilt laid on the shoulders of Germans.
The Germans paid a heavy price but the treasury of the colonies held in British banks went on to pay the pensions of the colonisers.
> As for wildlife, what do you want, the right to drive your wildlife to extinction, too?
If that is how you understood it, you probably need to improve your reading and critical thinking skills.
What I meant is that Europeans whose national boundaries are marked by language, religious denomination, and have (very recent) history of wiping out both wildlife and civilisations should stop being preachy.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago"the treasury of the colonies held in British banks went on to pay the pensions of the colonisers." A lot of things went in in the past. Didn't humans evolve in Afrika? So I guess the ancestors of todays Africans somehow drove my ancestors away, presumably by stealing their land. Am I owed reparations by Africa now? "What I meant is that Europeans whose national boundaries are marked by language, religious denomination, and have (very recent) history of wiping out both wildlife and civilisations should stop being preachy." They are preachy about not killing off your wildlife, so if you say they shouldn't preach about that, it follows logically that you think killing off the wildlife should be OK. And sorry, but everybody is free to preach about whatever they want. You are free not to listen.
- naruvimama 5y agoI am not talking about reparations. No one is looking for charity or concessions from Europeans anyway. I do not think very many people hold a grudge either. You are just firing all over the place. My statement is simple, Europeans are used to seeing their colonies as a poorer and miserable mirror image of themselves. As much as a white evangelist see their recent converts, as a white man's burden. Except for political independence, colonial institutions and traditions remain the same on both sides. Whether it is the BBC, the labour party, the royalty or the universities their mindset remains in the colonial Era. There is a clear repulsion to intellectual independence or the ex-colonies developing independent institutions. This revulsion is similar to the one a white evangelist feels when native traditions or religions make a come back and he/she is loosing his/her flock.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoWhy do people in Africa care what BBC or whoever thinks? And where is the great come back that people are supposedly revulsed by? I really don't know what point you are trying to make or what your goals are. Last I heard China is buying up Africa anyway, maybe you'll be more happy with that future.
- naruvimama 5y agoI must apologize, I realize that when you are stepping on someone else's feet of course you do not feel the pain.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoExplain how for example the BBC from your mentions, which broadcasts more than 1000km away from Africa, steps on the toes of people in Africa? Maybe just concentrate on feeling less like a victim, and you'll realize your toe is actually finde.
- prmph 5y agoWhat does the distance of media from Africa have to do with how Africans would feel about it? Are you unaware that a huge number of Africans listen to and watch the BBC? I've been watching you make all sorts of nonsensical arguments in the discussion about TFA, and I wonder what your motivations are?
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoThe discussion was about ongoing colonization. Any Africans listening to BBC do so voluntarily, so they are not being colonized and also not hit on the toe. Or rather, if it hurts them, why are they listening? My goal is simply to counter bad logic and harmful ideologies.
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- naruvimama 5y ago》the treasury of the colonies held in British banks went on to pay the pensions of the colonisers. I meant post independence, which is the definition of neo-colonisation.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoWhat is "post independence" - is it independence or not? If it is independence, I don's see how it can be "neo-colonisation" at the same time.
- naruvimama 5y agoI know that you know what I mean, nit-picking language is the last resort of a looser. Let us say post-"independence" (political) Anyway, we from the ex-colonies have a clear understanding of "neo-colonisation"
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoFor sure your mind seems occupied, or "colonialized", by harmful ideologies.