Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Empire of Good Intentions???

Empire of Good Intentions? After watching this documentary about Britain’s move into India, I have mixed feelings on whether Britain truly had good intentions. The documentary was interesting and informative and about how Britain was helping India by imposing Britain’s ideologies and beliefs on India. I don’t believe Britain was doing the right thing though. It might have seemed right for them to run into India and tell them how to do things but ultimately it’s wrong. It wasn’t the first time Britain had tried this. In the Heart of Darkness it was the same thing. They began trading with a country then try to take it over, like in the case of Congo. Personally I find this funny. I don’t believe in anyways that Britain wanted to help India. They wanted to take what India had to offer, then impose there beliefs on them and make it seemed like they care. In conclusion it is obvious they did not have good intensions.

2 comments:

Agata Brewer said...

Hey Eric,
Who colonized the Congo region?

Roger Market said...

Ah, good catch.