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Would you rather be colonised by Aztecs or Christians?
May 15, 2024
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The war in Gaza has given new strength to arguments about the evils of Western colonialism. True, conquering armies have done terrible things in the lands that they conquered. They also brought improvements. How do we measure the overall impact of colonialism? In this controversial but entertaining video, Michael Knowles points out that most nations and cultures have experienced colonisation and conquest.
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Anonymous commented 2024-08-14 00:15:41 +1000All right, bit apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health, what have the Roman’s ever done for us?
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David Page commented 2024-05-17 03:48:37 +1000mrscracker, would you care to say which colonies you visited? America seems to be doing okay.
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mrscracker commented 2024-05-17 00:27:43 +1000I recently visited a struggling former British colony & a flourishing British territory. The latter had made the choice to not go independent. I know which one I’d choose to live in.
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Steven Meyer commented 2024-05-16 16:58:18 +1000Errrh – none of the above. Prefer not to be colonised at all.
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David Page commented 2024-05-16 09:50:18 +1000Christianity has been modified and softened by forced coexistence with secular democracy. Aztec or Christian? Throwing virgins into volcanoes or burning supposed witches at the stake" A distinction without a difference; I’ll pass on both.
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