Wed, 23 Jul 1997

Colonizers and Aborigines

I would like to comment on Mr. Ronci's letter regarding the tyranny of colonialism. Ronci is of course correct in his observation that colonists were nothing more than a pack of thieves preying on defenseless nations. Take for example Australia where the British waded in at 1788 and stole the entire country, murdering great numbers of Aborigines.

The noble legacy of the British in Australia for Aboriginal people amounts to death and misery with the final prospect of total extermination.

Noble indeed!

FRANCESCO

Jakarta