Backbencher

In chapter 4 of Clark, the end of the chapter deals with the subject of moving the Aborigines from barbarism to civilization by education. The British thought that if the Aborigines were taught to think as they think, to feel as they feel, and to live as they live, then the Aborigines would be blended with the general population. This idea sounds very familiar to what our nation did to the Native Americans. It is a parallel in history. Our nation wanted the Native Americans to discard their way of life in order to blend with or assimilate into the general population. These "great" intentions that the British had for the Aborigines were interrupted. The British thought they should give recompense to the Aborigines for depriving them of their lands; the best recompense was to teach the Aborigines to appreciate the advantages of Christian civilization. There was one little problem with this though; the British enjoyed the drunken brawls between the Aborigines. This fact really makes the British look inhumane and uncivilized. Who are they to impose "the correct teachings" on another group of people when they get a kick out of people mangling each other?