{"id":69152,"date":"2016-01-25T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=69152"},"modified":"2016-06-06T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T11:43:08","slug":"british-empire-compared-to-isis-on-steroids-after-uk-public-says-it-is-proud-of-colonial-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/01\/british-empire-compared-to-isis-on-steroids-after-uk-public-says-it-is-proud-of-colonial-past\/","title":{"rendered":"British Empire Compared to ‘ISIS on Steroids’ after UK Public Says It Is ‘Proud’ of Colonial Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

A survey found 43% of Britons think the Empire was ‘generally speaking… a good thing’.<\/em><\/p>\n

5 of the worst atrocities carried out by the British Empire<\/a><\/p>\n

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Indian battalions were among the first sent into the battlefields of Flanders \u2013 and died in their thousands fighting for the British Empire (File pic)<\/p><\/div>\n

20 Jan 2016 – <\/em>After a new poll found that the British public is generally proud of the country\u2019s imperial history<\/a>, people have started comparing the worst atrocities of the Empire to the present-day horrors of ISIS.<\/p>\n

The sun famously never set on the British Empire at its height in 1922 \u2013 but its rule was enforced through the starvation of local populaces, brutal detention camps, mass executions and slavery.<\/p>\n

A survey released on Tuesday by YouGov found that 43 per cent of respondents thought that \u201cgenerally speaking\u201d, the British Empire was a good thing. Just 19 per cent said it was a bad thing, with the rest saying they didn\u2019t know or take a position.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, on the same day the UN released a major report into the latest violence committed against civilians by ISIS in Iraq. It detailed \u201cstaggering\u201d evidence of executions by shooting, beheading, burning alive and bulldozing, as well as abductions, sexual violence against women and the abuse of child soldiers.<\/p>\n

Reacting with surprise to the YouGov results, some on social media suggested the British Empire was \u201cthe ISIS of its time\u201d, while other\u2019s said ISIS is \u201cnowhere near the level of death and destruction of British colonialism\u201d.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/rabihalameddine\/status\/506095874691186688\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/1LaneOnly\/status\/689506965727350784\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lad87Red\/status\/689426973374832640?ref_src=twsrc^tfw<\/p>\n

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@1LaneOnly<\/a> @bywordlight @WritersofColour<\/a> @renireni<\/a> @bungatuffie<\/a> IS r nowhere near the level of death and destruction of British colonialism<\/p>\n

— Ami (@AquarianTribe) January 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n