An example of what I had mentioned in my previous post.
Recently in India 2 Italian officers shot dead Indian fishermen, who the Italian officers thought were pirates. Unfortunately the officers were caught by the Indian Coast Guard and now they stand trial in the shooting case. The Italian government (also read as western or European) object to the trial of their officers, calling the trial illegitimate.
Just because the trial is held in India, a third world country, it is not illegitimate.
This statement and attitude of the Italian government shows that the mindset of colonial superiority is still present, even though Italy were on the wrong side at the end of the Second World War.
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