01-09-2014, 02:01 PM
that quote really seems to bother paulW. who's to say if macaulay really said that or not? certainly not any of us. all you did, paulW, was present a website contradicting the quote. im sure there are hundreds of pages announcing it both as fact and others calling it fraud. why do you think YOUR sources are correct? because they align with YOUR beliefs? i'm sure even historians would disagree on whether or not that happened. but who cares either way? we all that's how colonialists think/thought, they were not running around colonizing the world because they loved their subjects and wanted them to flourish and be happy, it was and still is a matter of domination and greed. THEY are the thieves. it reminds me of present day with the iraq war and "bringing them freedom and democracy". come on, what a load of s***, and near everyone knows it now.
don't want to get too far off track. point is, whether or not he said it, it is a perfect example of the colonialist way of thinking summed up in one paragraph. beautifully done i say, fraud or not.
of course there will be little facts about periods in history that are in question, such as a speech given almost 200 years ago, and we may never know the truth. but what cannot be disputed is the bigger picture, in this case the evils of colonialism. i dont really care what an englishman said in a speech in 1835, just look at what our leaders today say, and then look at what they ACTUALLY think and the actions they take. lies upon lies....
don't want to get too far off track. point is, whether or not he said it, it is a perfect example of the colonialist way of thinking summed up in one paragraph. beautifully done i say, fraud or not.
of course there will be little facts about periods in history that are in question, such as a speech given almost 200 years ago, and we may never know the truth. but what cannot be disputed is the bigger picture, in this case the evils of colonialism. i dont really care what an englishman said in a speech in 1835, just look at what our leaders today say, and then look at what they ACTUALLY think and the actions they take. lies upon lies....