Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-6078851-20141223160854

i knew what you were saying with the oceans analogy, i was just poking a bit of fun :)

and i wasn't singleing out the british empire, as you say every empire in history is guilty of atrocities in the name of 'civilisation'. but while there are undoubtetly good things resulting from such 'civilising' (even the imperium occasionally does good for its citizens), the fact that atrocities are commited on anyone who disagrees in spreading such an idea makes the term 'civilisation' oxymoronic and hypocritical. i was born and raised in britain so obviously social inertia and cultural upbringing makes me biased towards finding value within the society i live in, but even if such value exists beyond a subjective viewpoint it will never exonerate those who enforced 'civilisation': our species doesn't have the right to call itself civilised so long as atrocities and barbarity are continued for 'this' or 'that' cause (individuals can be civilised but our species as a whole certainly isn't). this is one of the most basic reasons why i hate the imperium and want to see it destroyed - not the people who live in it mind, just the institution emps tried to create which ended up being corrupted beyond belief. it may be just me but in the imperium i see the worst attributes of most historical empires combined in one.