11-17-2003, 08:39 AM
Not happy with the below piece of psyops, so we have the british to thank for ending one slavery and starting another? To say nothing of Shivaji, Krishnadevaraya, and the rise of Sikhs in Punjab...
Arnold Toynbee, the British historian, spent a lifetime arriving at a theory which he called, "Challenge and Response". The thrust of his thesis was that a civilisation flourished only when it could rise and respond to a challenge. To carry Mr Toynbee to his logical conclusion might have been to fear the end of the Hindu civilisation. Had the British not intervened to defeat what was largely Muslim rule, the fate of the Hindu ethos could have been sad. It is not widely recognised that the service Lord Clive and his successors performed was to reduce the Muslims from rulers to subjects thus giving the Hindus a level-playing field. :flush :thumbdown
Arnold Toynbee, the British historian, spent a lifetime arriving at a theory which he called, "Challenge and Response". The thrust of his thesis was that a civilisation flourished only when it could rise and respond to a challenge. To carry Mr Toynbee to his logical conclusion might have been to fear the end of the Hindu civilisation. Had the British not intervened to defeat what was largely Muslim rule, the fate of the Hindu ethos could have been sad. It is not widely recognised that the service Lord Clive and his successors performed was to reduce the Muslims from rulers to subjects thus giving the Hindus a level-playing field. :flush :thumbdown