Deny the British Empire’s Crimes? No, We Ignore Them

By George Monbiot; April 28, 2012 – Znet
http://www.zcommunications.org/deny-the-british-empires-crim…

Source: The Guardian

There is one thing you can say for the Holocaust deniers: at least they know what they are denying. In order to sustain the lies they tell, they must engage in strenuous falsification. To dismiss Britain’s colonial atrocities, no such effort is required. Most people appear to be unaware that anything needs to be denied.

The story of benign imperialism, whose overriding purpose was not to seize land, labour and commodities but to teach the natives English, table manners and double-entry

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