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I’m more than happy to address the issue. But let’s not be half hearted about it –Let’s not artificially limit it the misdeeds of Europeans, only.
Let’s have a full, truth and reconciliation session.
Here’s a starting list:
i) The Turks for ravaging of central Europe [1289 --1923], and for their ethnic cleansing of Greeks & Armenians [late 20th Century]
ii) The Arabs for their ravaging the civilisations of S Asia & N Africa & Europe [624—1360], and for their part in running the biggest slave racket in history.
iii) The empires of South America ( Inca, Aztec etc) who conquered & enslaved dozens of other nation states/cities
iv) The Thais & Vietnamese for their usurping of Khmer & Mon territories .
v) The various African indigenous empires for conquering and exterminating of other tribes, and their complicity in the slave trade.
vi) The conquest of Hawaii under Kamehameha --and the resulting slaughter other his opposition tribes.
vii) The Maoris inter-tribal genocide [1800s]
viii) The India’s ongoing suppression of minorities & exploitation of their lands.
ix) Javanese colonialists for their transmigration program which dispossess the West Irianese , and a hundred other distinct non-Javanese peoples
At different times and places most groups –inflicted lasting damage –European colonialists were not the first nor the latest
So if it’s about those that have been damaged pushing back , I can see it developing into one hell of a mêlé