@criver I didn't say you were defending a genocide. You were suggesting that Russian version of conquest wasn't just as bad as any other. And that's what annoyed me. And if by chance you're from Russia yourself, that's called nationalism. And I'm attracting your attention to that possibility...
@criver Try reading your post again yourself. Some imperialists aren't as bad as others. They don't kill as many people. They don't strangle local culture as much. Don't burn as many villages. Don't uproot as many tribes who lived on the land for centuries. I understand the value cultural...
@criver estimated two million circassians died during the genocide in the Caucasus. Ottoman or Russian Empire, or any other imperialist force, they're all murderers. Any long-term historical benefit you can imagine comes at an incomparable cost in human suffering. This cannot be excused or...