"Answering questions from students in Pakistan on Tuesday, the UK prime minister said: "As with so many of the problems of the world, we are responsible for their creation in the first place." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12992540). They say, admitting one's wrongdoing is the first step in correcting it. I commend the Prime Minister's brave stand on the issue and also hope this will lead to a concerted effort of World leaders to address the many problems we are facing in the World today.
Taking a look at colonialism and its effects on our world, though many people will argue that it brought about changes like unity, globilisation, good administration et al. But how can the west justify colonialism when they had to employ coercion, detention without trial, beatings, torture, and killings to rule over their colonies. Many of the colonies are still suffering from the aftermath effect of the brutish treatments received from their colonialists, among are, India-Pakistan which was divided along religious line, the brutal killing of Mau Mau clan in Kenya, which lasted from 1952 to 1960(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/a-world-of-troubles-ndash-all-made-in-britain-2264328.html), Apartheid regime in South Africa, to mention but few. There have been so many law cases against colonial nations in many courtrooms around the world seeking redress for the injustices, repatriation of many stolen local artefacts.
However, post-colonial era, the system of government in the many colonies is not different, the leaders also employed the same violent and repressive measures in dealing with political dissent from their own peoples. We should all condemn colonialism in its entity
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