World News

33018 readers

1316 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

171

Protests break out after shocking video of sexual assault emerges (youtu.be)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on so...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

British colonialism bad. Get that out of the way first.

But conflict along ethnic and regional lines has been occurring in India, between Hindus, for a LONG time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's list the effects of British Colonalism

High taxation on local products and agriculture leading to indentured servitude.
Ending royal patronage of artisans causing mass unemployment.
Artificial famines as foodgrains exported to Europe during European wars.
Labelling of particular tribes or ethnicity criminals for perpetuity.
Forcing puritism on ethnic populations.

For more read: -This -This -This

And yes. Religious and ethnic problems were already here but Brits exacerbated it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I said that more concisely. The British empire is bad. So, it's irrelevant to the point I made.

There are documented wars older than the country of Britain.