[hermitcrab]

>"British weren't as bad as so and so"

While it is probably true, it is a woefully low bar to clear.

The Australian aborigines have clearly been treated appallingly. Whether it amounted to a deliberate genocide I don't know enough to say.

[rbg246]

I totally agree - and just wanted to point it out as people always reach for the what about those other people when discussing these topics.

I had my awakening on this subject in my 30s, I started to read academic writing on colonialism. Having grown up in Australia and knowing colonial history having been learnt from the British perspective I was just shocked at my ignorance on British Empire and it's colonies was.