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Thursday, 17 August 2017
quote [ Ellen J. Stockstill on how William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, placed the ideas and language of colonialism at the very heart of his vision for improving the lives of Victorian England's poor. ]
I'm gonna fight 'em all
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Kama-Kiri said @ 12:24am GMT on 17th August
The language and ideas of imperialism is the language and ideas of 19th century England.
They viewed the world as a battleground, between the forces of piety, a God on the side of technology, art, progress, and compassion ... vs. the dark savagery and endless misery they encountered on so many fronts - slavery, poverty, "fallen women", and of course the native populations of N. America and Africa.
Imperialism was endorsed by the same intelligent, enlightened, and compassionate English and American elite who also labored for the end of slavery or volunteered countless hours in charity work to help the poor. It was a means to a better, more Christian world.
(You don't have to agree ... what I object to is unfairly judging people who lived two hundred years ago by modern standards.)
Kama-Kiri said @ 12:28am GMT on 17th August
The language and ideas of imperialism is the language and ideas of 19th century England.
They viewed the world as a battleground, between the forces of piety, a God on the side of technology, art, progress, and compassion ... vs. the dark savagery and endless misery they encountered on so many fronts - slavery, poverty, "fallen women", and of course the native populations of N. America and Africa.
Imperialism was endorsed by the same intelligent, enlightened, and compassionate English and American elite who also labored for the end of slavery or volunteered countless hours in charity work to help the poor. It was a means to a better, more Christian world.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 12:24am GMT on 17th August
The language and ideas of imperialism is the language and ideas of 19th century England.
They viewed the world as a battleground, between the forces of piety, a God on the side of technology, art, progress, and compassion ... vs. the dark savagery and endless misery they encountered on so many fronts - slavery, poverty, "fallen women", and of course the native populations of N. America and Africa.
Imperialism was endorsed by the same intelligent, enlightened, and compassionate English and American elite who also labored for the end of slavery or volunteered countless hours in charity work to help the poor. It was a means to a better, more Christian world.
