Foreign condemnation of colonial atrocities is easy at a safe distance
Evidence
As other countries have discovered since (not least Britain), it is always easier to be coolly censorious about the excesses of the forces of order when one is happily far removed from the tragic sights of the outrages, and unaffected by the horrors of mutilated children and pretty girls. Nevertheless, in March, disclosure of the “suicide” first of Ben M’hidi then of Ali Boumendjel provoked a major outrage in France. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 730 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Secrecy attracts people who like to get away with things. … Secrecy enables war’s infinite series of atrocities, some small, some huge. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Distance from atrocities makes foreign condemnation of French torture easy — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 730; Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233
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Broader Connections
- Distance from atrocities makes foreign condemnation of French torture easy
#corroborates(0.92) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 730 - Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales.
#complicates(0.55) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233