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Level up: 38%, 2 Points needed | | Colonial powers suck. | 
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Originally Posted by waitingtables  Colonial powers suck. | If you are dismissing the entire era of European colonialism with this rather juvenile rejoinder then I would have to remind you of the many benefits that resulted from colonial expansionism.
For example, India became the world's largest democracy, two-thirds of the world learned English, and the the United States of America came into existence.
Today the Commonwealth unites one quarter of the world's population under common principles - democracy, individual rights and the rule of law.
I can see you would benefit from a good education (unlike some of the girlies on here who are a lost cause)..
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Originally Posted by waitingtables Colonial powers suck. | Wrong... without colonial Britain, we would not have the United States of America. Lumping all colonial powers into one bad category is disingenious.
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Originally Posted by garysher None of that excuses the fact that guys like Washington and Jefferson owned many slaves and refused even to grant them freedom in their wills!
They also believed that only white male landowners deserved to vote.
Neither flaw applied to the British politicians who you claim were their "oppressors" (but decline to explain why).
As self-proclaimed disciples of equality their hypocrisy could not be more pronounced.
| Great post Gary. Racism as we know it was born here, not imported.
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Originally Posted by jaaaman Wrong... without colonial Britain, we would not have the United States of America. Lumping all colonial powers into one bad category is disingenious. |
Thanks Jaaman
How pleasant to have another voice of reason in here!
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Level up: 38%, 2 Points needed | | Not really Gary. I'm just playing into your stereotype of confused and stupid girlies. And maybe you could benefit from some of my kind of education. It's called logic and common sense, without bigotry or condescension. | |
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Level up: 38%, 2 Points needed | | And you also failed to mention any of the negative aspects of colonialism, of which there are many. And it would seem to me that there was a conspicuous amount of slavery where a colonial power settled amongst the natives, and subjected them to the will and rule of imperial powers. It certainly didn't begin in America. | |
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Originally Posted by fxashun Great post Gary. Racism as we know it was born here, not imported. |
So there was no such thing as racism till America was born??? Come on Fx, I think you know better than that. | |
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