[lbo-talk] We have come to honour you with the gift of Civilisation, by Christopher Carrico

[CHRISTOPHERR CARRICO]

http://ccarrico.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/stabroek-news-history-this-week-article-4/

'The idea that empires are civilising the victims of their conquest is one
that has deep roots in the Western tradition.  It was perpetuated in the
past in the name of bringing inferior peoples the gift of Christianity or
the gift of Civilisation.'