Indian PM demands Britain pay reparations

[Rockstar]

Colonialism is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another.

We paid for our own oppression,” he said “It’s a bit rich to impress, maim, kill, torture and repress and then celebrate democracy at the end of it.”
Shashi Tharoor’s makes his speech at the Oxford Union
“India's share of the world economy when Britain arrived on its shores was 23 per cent. By the time the British left it was down to below four per cent," Tharoor said in the May 28 debate.
"Why? Simply because India had been governed for the benefit of Britain.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11762311/Indias-prime-minister-endorses-call-for-Britain-to-pay-reparations-for-colonial-rule.html

I voted yes, pay up. :arrgh!:

[Harvs]

Don't the Indians own most of Britain anyway?

[Oberon]

Well, they do have a point, and perhaps when we get an economy we'll be able to. Of course, with such a large empire we could be paying this for a while...probably cheaper to just recolonise everyone. :O:

[Jimbuna]

They've probably more paid back more in overseas aid anyway.

[Wolferz]

Blaming others for your own inadequacies just ain't cricket.:down:

If Britain paid reparations to all of it's former colonies it would cease to exist altogether.
An eye for an eye only leaves everyone blind.

[Betonov]

If Britain pays reparation, they should also tear the railroads and roads out of the ground and forbid the use of western medicine, schooling and bring back the Rajas and the cast system.
At least the loudest politicians there will have to go back to shoveling dung like their ancestors did before the British came.

[Oberon]

and the cast system.

Pretty sure that bit of Indian tradition never left.

[Wolferz]

Why would throwing fishing lures be bad?

Oh, you meant the caste system.:O:

I concur. It's still an integral part of India's society.

[Moonlight]

The cheeky sods, I'm not sure how much they've had over the years but I think they've had enough with out holding their hands out for more.
This Tory government is cutting services right left and centre and meanwhile they're sending billions of pounds overseas, bloody madness.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2947400/Lunar-cy-India-gets-cash-British-aid-send-250million-rocket-moon.html

[Fubar2Niner]

They've probably more paid back more in overseas aid anyway.

Indeed mate and made all the more distastefull, when you think we are handing out aid to a country that has its own space and nuclear programmes.:doh:

[Torplexed]

Just buy them off with concessions for glitzy casinos, tax-free cheap cigarettes, fireworks and gas.

Oh wait. I'm thinking of our Indians. :hmmm:

[Fubar2Niner]

:har::har:

[Schroeder]

Just buy them off with concessions for glitzy casinos, tax-free cheap cigarettes, fireworks and gas.

Oh wait. I'm thinking of our Indians. :hmmm:
They should pay them with Greek bonds.:yeah:

[CCIP]

I mean hey, I think the point that "India was governed for the benefit of Britain" is pretty inarguable. Where I think one problem is... whose benefit is it governed for now? :hmm2:

I'm not really sure how giving a bunch of money to what's often rightly seen as a corrupt bureaucracy is going to actually solve the injustice.

[Oberon]

I'm not really sure how giving a bunch of money to what's often rightly seen as a corrupt bureaucracy is going to actually solve the injustice.

That's never stopped us paying our taxes before...

[CCIP]

Well now, if we could all go to jail in India if they're not paid their colonial reparations, I'd also reconsider my stance :D

[Oberon]

Well...there is that. :haha:

[August]

They should pay them with Greek bonds.:yeah:

Hey a casino is a pretty good deal for a tribe. They make tons of dough operating one.

Doesn't help the surrounding tribes much though. In fact tribes with a casino have used their money to block other tribes from getting a casino of their own.

[Torplexed]

Well, historically giving large sums of money to extortionists in Nehru collars has been a bad idea. If I were Britain, I'd keep calm and carry a Walther PPK. :O:

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Bond_Villian.jpg

[Jeff-Groves]

I'm demanding reparations for every time I got Apu on a support call when he clearly couldn't understand/talk English!
:nope:

[Torplexed]

I'm demanding reparations for every time I got Apu on a support call when he clearly couldn't understand/talk English!
:nope:

Been there, done that. :rotfl2:

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/ce/ce438a8f3782f865136f2a9a3900b4b41e97e71c054bfdddd1 e38d0b0a97b479.jpg

[STEED]

They've probably more paid back more in overseas aid anyway.

Our aid is no longer needed and yet the UK sticks a gun to India's head screaming take the aid money. :doh:

Who's got a space program? India that's who, and a few years ago they said thank you for all your aid money but we don't need it now.


What next, pay Argentina for kicking their arses off the Falkland's because what we did has resulted in them all going down with the mumps!

Paying Germany compensation for the post war years of occupation telling the Germans its a bloody sausage and not a frankfurter!

When dose this madness stop?