IT is a common knowledgr that the british used to treat the the people of its former colonies inhumanly...there were several massacres,thousands of innocent people including women and children were killed .example is THE JALLIAN WALA BAGH ,AMRITSAR MASSACRE OF INDIA WHERE GENRAL DYER(A OFFICER OF THE BRITISH IN INDIA) IN 1919 FIRED AT THOUSANDS OF UNARMED CIVILIANS GATHERED FOR A PEACEFUL PROTEST...THOUSANDS WERE KILLED MANY OF THEM WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.....
THERE WERE SEVERAL SUCH MASSACRES IN INDIAB DURING THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA.....
SO HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND OR THE BRITISH MONARCHY APOLOGISED EVER FOR THESE CRIMES THAT TOOK PLACE UNDER THE BRITISH MONARCHY???
2006-08-18
07:31:40
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what a rediculous argument about the french and the japanese..
DUNNO IF FRENCH EVER WOULD APOLOGISE BUT I AS AN WANT AN APOLOGY FROM THE QUEEN..AND ALSO NOTE THAT THE QUEEN IS A QUEEN BECAUSE OF HER ANCESTARS..COZ OF HER ROYAL BIRTH..SHE WAS'NT CHOSEN AS A PRIME MINISTER OR PRESIDENT IS CHOSEN...I THINK THAT MONARCHY HAS ENDED IN JAPAN AND FRANCE WHILE THE BRITS HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY..QUEEN STILL THE HEAD OF ENGLAND COZ OF HER ROYAL BIRTH AND ROYAL RELATION..SO WHY SHOULD SHE ONLY ENJOY POWER ..WHAT ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY??SHE IS NOT A CHOSEN LEADER BUT AN INHERITED ONE.SO WHY SHE SHOULD'NT APOLOGIZE?..
2006-08-18
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HI YOLANDOMARIA ONE OF THE BASIC REASONS FOR INDIAN BACKWARDNESS IS THE BRITISH RULE FOR 200 YRS IN INDIA..
YA THEY BUILT RAILWAYS LINES..OTHER GOOD THINGS...BUT NOT FOR (INDIANS) BUT JUST TO HELP THEM CONTOL THE COUNTRY BETTER..
THEY DESTROYED OUR NATIVE TRADES..,MARKETS...THEY DID'NT TRY TO IMPART US EDUCATION COZ IF THEY HAD THERE WOULD'NT HAVE BEEN SUCH ILLETERCY IN OUR SOCIETY..THEY NEVER CREATED AN INFRASTURCTURE TO IMPART EDUCATION..HAD WE BEEN EDUCATED ENOUGH WE OURSELVES REMOVED THESE REDICULOUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS..
YES AM SITTING IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM BUT HAVE EARNED IT WORKED FOR IT AND NOT LIKE THE QUEEN WHO SNATCHED OUR RICH RESOURCES,OUR DIAMONDS,GOLD ORNAMENTS FROM INDIA..SHE HAS'NT STILL RETURNED THE "KOHINOOR DIAMOND" IN HER CROWN..
WHATEVER LITTLE GOOD BRITISH DID IN INDIA IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THE HARM THEY DID TO OUR SOCIETY AND PEOPLE....
YOU JUSTIFYING KIILING OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE PRETEXT OF REMOVING CERTAIN TABOOS AND OLD CUSTOMS...
2006-08-18
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It will be a cold day in hell before the Queen apologises for anything! I think the Brits feel that world should feel obligated that they let go off their colonies........
I feel she should apologise to Indians and as a token of friendship return the Kohinoor diamond and the zillions of dollars of money & gold they siphoned off from Indian treasury for 400 years!
It would never happen but what a fantasy!
2006-08-18 08:05:26
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answered by imhm2004 5
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Has your Government apologised for SATI and for theCASTE system to the people of India? Have you yourself apologised for taking your sisters share of property because you are a male and think that it is your sole right and that your sisters should not inherit anything from their parents.??? When you point your finger remember there are four pointing back at you. Why should the Queen apologise . The past is the past...its history and forget it!!! she didnt do anything. She was not alive during that period...it was Queen Victoria you nut and she has been dead a long time!!!! Who still treats lepers badly and does not look after the beggars that roam in India. shouldn't the government apologise to its own people. If you feel so strongly about these points then get out in the streets of India and help those in jopras and do some social work instead of talking about the past. Its NOW that you have to help the people of INDIA You are probably sitting in some air conditioned room criticising people. Get off of your backside and help instead!!!
2006-08-18 15:27:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Will any kind of apology bring back the lost ones, the riches of country, its language, its culture?
Try to preserve the thought as given in Hindu scriptures "vishwa Kutambukam" meaning the entire world is a family.
you should forgive the British, even if the queen does not apologise.
2006-08-19 09:39:02
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answered by newrajiv 2
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Will the former colonies ever thank England for the free medias, independent judiciaries, infrastructure and parliamentary democracies which were left behind? Most former colonies would probably be embarassed to remember how good things were at the time of handover, before all the tin-pot 'presidents-for-life' like Mugabe, Moi, Kenyatta, Amin, et al messed things up.
2006-08-18 19:22:15
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answered by Dunrobin 6
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The British Crown should have had the basic civility to apologise for the cruel massacre they committed during 1919, through Gen. Dyer who was in charge of law and order then. But I remember, in recent past she came to India and made some assuaging public statement to assuage the past wound.
2006-08-18 15:01:46
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answered by Anonymous
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She'll do it the same time the French apologise for their atrocities in Asia and the Belgians in the Congo, the Spanish and Portugese in South America, the Americans in the U.S, the Russians in their ex-republics, the Dutch in South Africa, the Chinese in Tibet, the Japanese in China, the Serbs in Yugoslavia....do I have to go on?
2006-08-18 14:41:32
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answered by cobra 7
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Never I guess, though I am not sure.
The English always carried the opinion that they were 'reforming' backward societies those represent their colonies.
And these bloody massacres were just a part of their strategy.
The Queen should have apologized, atleast after giving independence.
Well I guess, one of the royal family members have even attended the commemorative day..that is like a apology, rite?
2006-08-18 14:43:30
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answered by V 2
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You will never, ever get any apologies for that. Not from the Queen. The Monarchs used to do it to the English and never apologised so they'll not do it for you.
2006-08-18 18:04:34
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answered by Anonymous
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i dont tink that she should apologise for something some one else did if it was done by her or her time of crown she should but for something that hapen like 100 years ago, please what that will fix that people is dead is like if you ask the italians to apologise for what the mafia did to new yorkers and the country.
2006-08-18 14:44:04
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answered by hate me please 2
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Here we go again, apologies for atrocities do nothing more than make the PC crowd feel good. As long as the killing has stopped then call it a day.
2006-08-18 14:39:23
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answered by amglo1 4
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