Those are two different epochs with substantially different rules governing men and their societies; so, you're trying to make a facetious apple to orange comparison.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
The post I was responding to cited examples over more than a millenium. Now you're saying a couple of centuries changes everything. If you want to use contemporary rules governing men and their societies, evaluate the way the US treated the First Nations by the principles that the colonies expressed when breaking ties with England. I think you will have a hard time proving that the United States treated the First Nations better the England treated the colonies.
I am not trying to be facetious in any of this. I am dead serious. Yes, I picked an extreme example, but my intent was to show that when you apply the argument to other cases, it is not so compelling as it appears.