I think Woj is just expressing himself poorly/hyperbolically, and is simply saying that the relevant countries are better off today than if they had never been colonized, which may or may not be true and is impossible to verify.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski
> wrote:
>
> > NET EFFECTS of such atrocities
>
> This precious remark, plus yesterday's suggestion of
> committing
> people to mental institutions based on logit
> regressions, makes me
> think you've taken up self-parody, Woj. Because
> otherwise, this is
> ghoulish beyond belief.
>
> Doug
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