Talk:Third Anglo-Burmese War

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Contents 1 Point of View concern 2 Towards a NPOV 3 Stiff Upper Lip rules OK 4 Burma Cops It 5 Fair use rationale for Image:-Burma1885peacockfeltflag2.jpg

[edit] Point of View concern

Can we have a less pro-British stance? This article feels like an imperial Briths propaganda piece.

[edit] Towards a NPOV

The word "Fortunately" starting last sentence in third paragraph could be removed. "a total of no less than" (4th paragraph) suggests that the invading force was doing a "jolly good job". "unexampled" (second sentence, para 5) also is pro-Brit. "the scourge of the country" sounds like a Soviet / USA description of Afghanistan. "valuable and curious loot and property" suggests the legality of the looting. "fortitude and courage" - forget it ! (if you can). "punish" near the end sounds like burning-bush-talk. So much for the way this article is expressed. As for content, I am informed that "Burmese Days:New York:Harper & Brothers,1934" by George Orwell gives a non-vicious background account of this. I have ordered a copy and will get back here when more enlightened. 81.250.200.198 14:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

George Orwell isn't a trustworthy source for the history of Burma. His book is an overtly political work. He was never a historian of Burma and his personal observations are decades out of date with the actual war.

[edit] Stiff Upper Lip rules OK

"Burmese Days" provides no historical details of this, or any other Burmese war. It does however explain how the Brits obliged each other to stick to the "cause", and is an excellent study in the delusion of racial superiorty. Why, therefore, any British account of these and similar events takes the tone of this Encyclopedia BRITannica extract. Perhaps the sources of the En. Brit. article could be used to compile a more NPOV version. In a way, it could be a shame to "correct" the present article, providing a link to it, for curiosity purposes. It's like an old teapot, or someone like Peter Sellers doing a "colonial" number. Orwell's work can be consulted here : [[1]]. 83.195.44.61 20:07, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Burma Cops It

Also, see "Shooting an Elephant" by Orwell, for a further illustration of colonialism. 81.250.134.250 00:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

BTW, I'm computer literate, but a web newbie, and I dont understand why these three things I've posted here, each followed by four (4) tildes, gives a different numerical address (in red) each time. Help ! "loony@altern.org"

You need to [[create an account and log in. The numbers are your (temporary) IP address. --Henrygb 23:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:-Burma1885peacockfeltflag2.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)