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Anyone who knows anything will find this interesting for at least 2 reasons. The possibility of more lawsuits overt the colonial and decolonisation process and the peculiar Brit moral certainty.
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Their comments reveal that sadly many are still stuck in the matrix of false hilariously self serving historical narratives: -colonialism was about ending the slave trade -Britain simply wanted to bring about Christianity -the West led by Britain wanted to bring a Protestant work ethic and end the brutishness of the typical native lifestyle of indolence and debauchery Despite the fact that HMG didn't dispute one of the 5 plaintiffs had been castrated and the lone woman among them sexually assaulted with a bottle these sentiments are typical of the British mindframe: http://karanjazplace.blogspot.com/2013/06/britain-learns-what-colonialism-was-all.html The survivors of Brit bastardy in the 1960s in Aden,Malaysia,Oman and even earlier all over the world may now be emboldened to seek justice.
jantavanta Member # 20328
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I read in Barak Obama's Dreams From My Father that his paternal grandfather was a victim of anti Mau Mau persecution and was wrongfully detained in prison, despite having fought for the British in World War I or II
Sundjata Member # 13096
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Ha! This IS pretty big news. I remember passionately debating 1 or 2 conservative assholes in one of my undergraduate courses subsequent to reading Caroline Elkin's "Imperial Reckoning", which thoroughly documents the brutality of the British regime in colonial Kenya. One particular fool had the nerve to direct all of the attention and blame on the violence of the so-called Mau Mau "rebels" (many would argue that they were actually freedom fighters, which shows you the power of semantics).
All that I have to say to this is....vindication! I wish this would have happened two years ago, lol. Even the British now are ackowledging their own colonial savagery.
mena7 Member # 20555
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Im very suspicious of that public relation move by the British imperialist and colonialist.The British elite rule the Western world that include the EU, white North America, Australia, Carribean British island.They also rule South Africa by proxy.
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