Friday, January 24, 2014

On the Harsh Fact that Nearly 80% of the 28,000 Deaths in those British Concentration Camps During the Second Boer War Were Chidren Under the Age of 16

How this piece of Western History has been so completely and totally whitewashed is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice of the 20th Century, in my opinion.

4 comments:

BB-Idaho said...

Not so much whitewashed as either forgotten or hidden from a generation known to dislike history; certainly later wars and atrocities loom larger. For those willing to dig, the history of the dark continent is replete with such violence.

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

Not enough digging (and I agree that the Belgians in the Congo was one of the most vile colonial episodes ever) and it certainly didn't hurt that the British via this scorched earth policy (which also included the burning down of 60,000 farms) won the damn war.

BB-Idaho said...

Seems to be a given; the side which wins the war has no war criminals.

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

In a nutshell, absolutely.