tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32032570.post3488929189251333373..comments2009-01-26T09:56:06.570-06:00Mookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796691428737135749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32032570.post-4787161628005686952009-01-26T09:56:00.000-06:002009-01-26T09:56:00.000-06:00Yeah, I've heard this one before. The Africans who had "nothing" were once paying huge tributes to Egypt in gold. Then too, if they had "nothing", what did the likes of De Beers remove by force of arms? How were African populations maintained before the white man's handouts? How big was the contribution of Methodist Missionaries in destroying sustainable agriculture across wide regions? What part did segregation play in preventing any meaningful transition of government and infrastructure when the Europeans pulled out?<BR/><BR/>I just love the way ignorant people think you can reduce complex issues to a couple of opinionated sentences. What the Africans didn't have in the beginning of the Colonial Period was firearms. That issue has been largely resolved at great expense.breakerslionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14327290369084118043noreply@blogger.com