I find the ignorance of most responses to this thread surprising. Mayasunil is opening an historical debate that doesn't deserve all this scorn and contempt. Israel is till this day demanding compensation from Germany for crimes against humanity in WW2. The aboriginees demanded a formal apology from the australian government for the same and got it. China is still demanding for a formal apology from Japan on the systematic rape that was sponsored by the japanese gov in WW2. What made Bob Marley so popular in the 70's and till today? It was his outcry for justice and every nation's accountability for its past. To respond to such a debate in the manner I've seen posted on this page so far is really a sign of ignorance and indifference that can only come from someone who doesn't value human life over and above all else. To justify the crimes of colonial era with the so-called infrastructural benefits is really decadent and those who replied in that manner wouldn't mind doing it all over again I'm sure. And that is the point of this debate: if you agree that it was wrong then you must admit to it and commit to preventing it from happenning again. No how about some intellectual comments instead of the sh*t that has been posted so far?