Re: [Pen-l] Diamond's Question [was: complexity of society

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 16, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
> One big problem with the British in India (and Ulster and Palestine…)
> was that they _created_ a lot of those divisions (or reinforced and
> deepened the existing divisions) and then used them to justify their
> rule. I don’t know if they created divisions within PNG as much as in
> India. After all, the country was split between a lot of ethnic groups
> in relatively isolated small territories before the Brits and other
> Europeans invaded.



Say what? Where's Ian with his reflexivity alert? ;-)

(okay, I admit I snipped out the part where JD says he defers to those  
with greater knowledge of India or words to that effect).

	--ravi


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