decipher_jeanne
@decipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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- Comment on British Slander. :) 5 days ago:
Wait am I coming off as sea-lioning?
- Comment on British Slander. :) 6 days ago:
Hi. Sorry if this didn’t come across, but my point was specifically that the local independent movement had agency and it wasn’t just a top-down colonial mismanagement. The Empire can obviously take a large part of the blame here for being here to begin with and having a rushed exit. But the conflicting Pakistani and Indian view had a lot of influence in the resulting chaotic border.
it was Hindu, Sikh and Muslim massacring each others as millions moved across the border. But it was an independence planed and executed in less than 6 months, amidst existing religious tension, that made a tense situation worse by forcing a mass emigration on short notice. To the point people were staving on the road and supplies had to be parachuted to the columns of migrants.
As for my invitation to debate the impact of the British exit of India, it is not meant to carry an opinion but to open discussion. I am less knowledgeable about the subject, but my opinion is that even if good border had been drawn the Kashmir would have ever been contentious and conflict would have flared there. But again, open to debate.
I hope this clears things up.
- Comment on British Slander. :) 6 days ago:
Okay I am defending the British a little here. Yes the issues would have never happened if they hadn’t colonized India to begin with. But. It’s more nuanced.
Pakistan wanted to not be a part of India with Muhammad Ali Jinnah pushing the two nations theory. The reverse was less true but the Indian leadership under Nehru reluctantly agreed to the split. That’s despite the British best effort to meditate because in places like Kashmir and Bangladesh the separation would be hard and economicly ruinous for the area.
Viceroy Mountbatten rushed the exit out of india. And the Radcliffe line (the hastly drawn border between the two sides) was a complete mess but also a result of being rushed in 5 weeks. Both this led to a horrible refugee crisis/mutual genocide. But a longer British stay would have been difficult with all sides pushing for their exit and fear of mutiny in the army.
Bangladesh genocide is an entire different can of worms that I am less familiar with so no comment here.
- Comment on Which one did you choose???? 1 month ago:
Nuh huh I am a mistborn I just haven’t figured out how to use alomancy yet
- Comment on 7 for me 2 months ago:
I never considered that and that’s still uncomfortable af. But then again some people willingly wear corsets.
- Comment on 7 for me 2 months ago:
If someone does 15, they need to go to jail. A bra is uncomfortable to sleep with and sleeping with only a bra is psychotic.
- Comment on When you see danger coming 2 months ago:
We used other stuff before we had plastic and material science is still evolving. Latex glove and condoms still works. And stuff made from hard plastic could be made from metals, or some form of resin instead. Hell we didn’t stop using wood we learned to treat it to be more resistant.
Plus we have an issue of plastic everywhere. Maybe in the future it would be interesting to avoid using material that get everywhere and can’t be recycled.