When defending colonialism is seen by someone on this list as critical and radical, we are surely living in interesting times. Bravo to this chap for showing how utterly surreal the debate has become in recent times, and for minimizing and ignoring the pain and deaths of millions of people. It's a great time to be alive!

Marieke Krijnen
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Alex Mahoudeau <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello,

To be honest I did not pay attention to the article until this email. I have just read it. It reminds me of the nice title given by Didier Fassin to one of his papers in 2011: "Political incorrectness is not sufficient to be scientifically grounded".

Wishing you all a good day,

AM

2017-09-14 10:29 GMT+01:00 Willis N. Churnocht <[log in to unmask]>:
What could be more critical and radical than putting forward an argument defending colonialism?

Bravo to this chap for breaking the mold and being brave enough to raise some important questions.