[kingsurfer]

In fact many of the modern European critics of how Americans treated Indians convenient cite "historical evolution of justice" when they are questioned back about their own countries' historical colonial records. For instance, the official position of the modern Federal Republic of Germany declares that all human rights abuses done under the name of Kaiser Wilhelm II during the German Reich could not be compensated by the modern FRG because they were "not in violation of the rights and legal conditions of the times." So it is all glossed off.

But they refuse to apply the same standards when it came to things like the Siuox tribes etc.
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Not sure about glossing things off. In the UK we are still apologising for the empire. My point to the other freeper is that for the last 2,000 years every country has done some dubious things.

The past 50 years many countries have done a lot better things for the world. My country fought WW2, gave up its Empire in favour of independant democracies and then became a chief force in the cold war. The US also did many good things.

[rmlew]

Apologize for the British Empire?
Sorry, but the world should be thanking your ancestors for bringing modern civilization to North America, Africa, and Australia. The British created modern India. Hong Kong is a success built on British rule, albeit with a bit of Hayek.
Most of Africa was better off under British or colonial rule than under the current regimes. Look at Zimbabwe and South Africa.