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Post by thales on Jul 16, 2007 12:47:45 GMT -1
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Post by mortontheblade on Jul 16, 2007 12:51:35 GMT -1
mkay
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Post by thales on Jul 16, 2007 14:06:29 GMT -1
t'was the day the world was changed for the worse in my opinion and by the germans!!!
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jul 16, 2007 14:15:15 GMT -1
...And the world hadn't changed for the worst after we (The British) decided to forcefully conquer a quarter of the globe, and impose our culture on it? This still causes trouble today; Iraq and Afghaninstan is merely history repeating itself.
Or, after going through 2 world wars, in which over 100 million people died?
The Atomic bomb is a drop in the ocean!
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Post by thales on Jul 16, 2007 15:20:51 GMT -1
not disagreeing wall, but as a single incident it is one of the big ones!
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Post by mortontheblade on Jul 16, 2007 15:22:58 GMT -1
...And the world hadn't changed for the worst after we (The British) decided to forcefully conquer a quarter of the globe! cause not - that made it a better place....
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 17, 2007 7:16:26 GMT -1
...And the world hadn't changed for the worst after we (The British) decided to forcefully conquer a quarter of the globe! cause not - that made it a better place.... True we did advance most of the world with our industrial revolution. Pains me to say this but they must Skirt round the issues when teaching History these days
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 17, 2007 8:00:41 GMT -1
cause not - that made it a better place.... True we did advance most of the world with our industrial revolution. Pains me to say this but they must Skirt round the issues when teaching History these days Makes me laugh - yeah, I admit we were shitheads for doing all that conquering, and some of our methods were hardly tasteful, but much like the Romans, it's not like we raped, pillaged and scorched the earth afterwards, is it? Let's just overlook the trade, medicine, railways, running water and all the rest that we brought with us
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Post by C@V on Jul 17, 2007 8:04:55 GMT -1
And we introduced civil obedience and manners to the savages of Africa, Asia and America.
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 17, 2007 8:07:05 GMT -1
True we did advance most of the world with our industrial revolution. Pains me to say this but they must Skirt round the issues when teaching History these days Makes me laugh - yeah, I admit we were shitheads for doing all that conquering, and some of our methods were hardly tasteful, but much like the Romans, it's not like we raped, pillaged and scorched the earth afterwards, is it? Let's just overlook the trade, medicine, railways, running water and all the rest that we brought with us Well if we didn't do it the French would of and that would of be disastrous
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 17, 2007 8:08:01 GMT -1
And we introduced civil obedience and manners to the savages of Africa, Asia and America. A point I'm sure they'd argue with (after all, Mr Mugabe clearly knows better than us? : , but yes, we certainly shared cultures with them (and that went both ways!)
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 17, 2007 8:09:20 GMT -1
Makes me laugh - yeah, I admit we were shitheads for doing all that conquering, and some of our methods were hardly tasteful, but much like the Romans, it's not like we raped, pillaged and scorched the earth afterwards, is it? Let's just overlook the trade, medicine, railways, running water and all the rest that we brought with us Well if we didn't do it the French would of and that would of be disastrous I dunno, the Dutch did quite well for themselves way back when; they might've managed it. The world would certainly be a more relaxed place if they'd beaten us to all those countries!
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Post by Ninja Squirrel on Jul 17, 2007 8:13:42 GMT -1
And we introduced civil obedience and manners to the savages of Africa, Asia and America. A point I'm sure they'd argue with (after all, Mr Mugabe clearly knows better than us? : , but yes, we certainly shared cultures with them (and that went both ways!) "Here have a steam train" "Thank you Imperial masters I will now teach you the secrets of curry" damn good trade ;D
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Jul 17, 2007 8:23:16 GMT -1
"Here have a steam train" "Thank you Imperial masters I will now teach you the secrets of curry" damn good trade ;D i think we got the best half of that deal ;D
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 17, 2007 8:33:10 GMT -1
Especially since they didn't take out the cheap upgrades warranty ready for when trains improved
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