I wonder if any of the traditional vuvuzela's were being 'played'?
Sounds a fascinating story. You know, the more you look into it, the more complicated British colonialism gets. Obviously it was a bad thing inherently, but in practice it wasn't quite the "Evil Empire" Americans in particular would like to believe.
Quote from: "Monty"Sounds a fascinating story. You know, the more you look into it, the more complicated British colonialism gets. Obviously it was a bad thing inherently, but in practice it wasn't quite the "Evil Empire" Americans in particular would like to believe.Maybe Mel Gibson could make a film?
Gibson would just take the side of the Boers.
Quote from: "Monty"Sounds a fascinating story. You know, the more you look into it, the more complicated British colonialism gets. Obviously it was a bad thing inherently, but in practice it wasn't quite the "Evil Empire" Americans in particular would like to believe.My understanding of the Boer War is basic at best. From what I grasp of it, though, it was simply one colonial power fighting a more established colonial power for the natural resources of a land that belonged to neither of them. Many, many young soldiers' lives were sacrificed out of pure greed. How the native peoples of southern Africa seem to have forgiven and moved on is a fine testimony to them.
Quote from: "Billy Walker"Quote from: "Monty"Sounds a fascinating story. You know, the more you look into it, the more complicated British colonialism gets. Obviously it was a bad thing inherently, but in practice it wasn't quite the "Evil Empire" Americans in particular would like to believe.My understanding of the Boer War is basic at best. From what I grasp of it, though, it was simply one colonial power fighting a more established colonial power for the natural resources of a land that belonged to neither of them. Many, many young soldiers' lives were sacrificed out of pure greed. How the native peoples of southern Africa seem to have forgiven and moved on is a fine testimony to them.It is. Mind you, I'd like to think most of us have forgiven the Germans, say, or the Japanese despite their conduct in the War. The differential factors with the Africans are the lengths of time suffered and the lack of prosperity since. The War lasted six years and Britain recovered economically, eventually. Africa still hasn't recovered from colonialism.However, it's not entirely a one-sided thing (though it mostly is). To the extent that many former colonial countries are thriving, the ones who are thriving are the ones who make best use of the infrastructure colonialists installed. India in particular only thrives to the extent it does today thanks to rail networks and the beaurocracy installed by the British. It doesn't go near compensating, but it's something.