Nilgiri
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Pakistani exploitation in 24 years period was much heavy compared to any 24 years period of British rules.
Whatever their motive of development by the british,truth is we benefited.It took the British to finally ban practice of Sati,human sacrifice,child sacrifice,widow remarriage.Do you want to say there was no human consideration behind those British ban? Or what about founding Congress by British which lead the independence movement? You can't entirely dismiss British only as an bad,evil guy.They have their good as well as their bad.
I will not compare 18th, 19th century British treatment with 1960s,1970s Pakistani conduct.This are still fresh.In 1700s,1800s many horrible things happened around the world.That was still early modern ages with primitive thinking and technology.
British didn't conduct genocide in entire India just before their leaving,Pakistani did in entire Bangladesh.And this bitterness will not wash away that easily.
But question is, why are you so eager to absolve any wrongdoing of Pakistani and prove themselves as innocent as an Indian? What is your benefit?
We will have to agree to disagree. To me British are the biggest culprits of the miserable state whole region is in....because the majority of problems stem from lack of wealth....which was the base scenario you all have in 1947 from 200+ years of unfettered, maximum wealth extraction (also why British grew very rich compared to Europe and North America in the 1800s especially till the rest caught up somewhat in 1900s).
As for no genocide when the British left? What you call what happened during partition? British are blameless in that too? It only continued in 1971 somewhat on your turf....because again there is failure to believe/implement a bigger united dream (and both point fingers at each other)....and it will only serve the purpose of the image of the previous (much more wretched) master regarding the "good old times"...as it seems to have done so with you.
But you know what? I don't go around blaming the British people today for actions of their forefathers and ancestors. I hold culpability with the people that did the disgusting things during the relevant time period. I don't blame children for sins of their fathers and grandfathers. Neither should you with Pakistan.....but here you are doing so almost every day of every week, each time a new thread on same old topic, on a Pakistan-named forum.
I am not eager to absolve anyone of "wrongdoing"....since the wrongdoing extends in each and every way from my vantage point...among the whole trifecta of India-BD-Pak....just its a matter of personal perspective depending which one you hold allegiance to. But neither am I much amused by you lot giving a free pass to the historical context of why you are in the situation you are today....if you are looking for a blame game on who is responsible for it.
Maybe if you have an opportunity to make some real life Pakistani friends, your attitude will change. I know I was always able to temper what my dad force-fed me about Pakistan with what I could see from one of my best friends growing up (Pakistani kid)...but even my dad always encouraged me to ask the other side's perspective too to be more balanced.
Till then, I leave you to it...and hope you lot change (because this attitude is seriously taking hold of your country still). If you dont, thats to your detriment, not mine...but maybe you prefer it that way since you see that detriment as a positive thing. So like I said, can agree to disagree and let any ultimate authority, if such exists, decide in the end. What else is there to say?