Perhaps you should consider more what you are impying rather than just the words you don't use. I am sorry, but there too was a word I did not use, choosing colonial instead. Same implication from which ever I chose.

FNs are a hurdle in this process no question. One of many though and not necessarily the most significant. As Denis Sherman reposed, they are significant wihtin our nationhood. They were our partners throughout our nation building and like it or not they are partners today. Respect is something we have failed to given them for 10 generations. So lets work on that.