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To: jalisco555

You mean, Africa didn’t have tribal warfare and was progressing nicely along with the rest of the world before colonialism? They were keeping up technologically, making good use of their rich resources, all getting along peacefully, before the evil whites showed up? They were curing malaria, making clean drinking water, building great public works? It’s all the evil white man’s fault, even before he ever showed up in Africa, that Africa was behind in progress. And it was a land of peace and plenty before then.

I’m not saying colonialism was morally right, but it wasn’t colonialism that caused Africa’s problems, colonialism even stemmed some of them-Africa has reverted right back to the rule of the strong man since its end.


11 posted on 09/21/2008 11:11:53 AM PDT by mrsmel
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To: mrsmel
You mean, Africa didn’t have tribal warfare and was progressing nicely along with the rest of the world before colonialism? They were keeping up technologically, making good use of their rich resources, all getting along peacefully, before the evil whites showed up? They were curing malaria, making clean drinking water, building great public works? It’s all the evil white man’s fault, even before he ever showed up in Africa, that Africa was behind in progress. And it was a land of peace and plenty before then.

No, I'm saying it was carved up into a bunch of artificial countries by colonial occupiers who took Africa only for the purpose of exploitation. You should read the history of European colonialism, it's far from pretty. And the good things you mention were done to further the exploitation of the native peoples, not because they are abstract goods. I'm sorry, but Africa's current tragedy can be attributed more to London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels than to the current crop of thugs.

13 posted on 09/21/2008 11:19:38 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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