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2 separate things entirely Meds.....Northern Ireland is effectively just a Colonial Pommie Protestant enclave.....The Orange-Men & the Anglicans.
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2 separate things entirely Meds.....Northern Ireland is effectively just a Colonial Pommie Protestant enclave.....The Orange-Men & the Anglicans.
Nope, same same. Both NI and Scotland are in favour of remaining in the UK
And in any event most of the NI protestants were originally from Scotland.
The "concentration camp" phenomenon was (arguably) a British invention.
http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/w...tration-camps-during-anglo-boer-war-1900-1902
Look at what happens when someone suggests that Australia's origins weren't all sweetness and light, we see the usual suspects arc up. History needs to be separated from the culture wars in this country, at the moment it feels like we're telling a story that we want to, not one that's accurate.Undoubtedly Hitler was a terrible person and ordered many evil acts but after the British concentration camps in SA not that long before, the whole noble British empire image is rather misleading.
The Japanese in WW2 were also brutal and we remember their terrible deeds too. The British seem to have created an amazing propaganda and PR machine though over the years as they don’t get talked about nearly so much.
The Americans in Vietnam and the Agent Orange and other chemical warfare that changed the lives of many civilians and the health of many, many generations to follow. These are better understood but still not given a heap of light. It wasn’t until I visited Vietnam that I realised the effect that this was still having.
The British have contributed some brilliant things to society but their horrors of the past need to be spoken about too.
As long as people engage in presentism in relation to history there will be those who seek to rewrite the facts to fit a moral narrativeHistory needs to be separated from the culture wars in this country
Look at what happens when someone suggests that Australia's origins weren't all sweetness and light, we see the usual suspects arc up. History needs to be separated from the culture wars in this country, at the moment it feels like we're telling a story that we want to, not one that's accurate.
Look at what happens when someone suggests that Australia's origins weren't all sweetness and light, we see the usual suspects arc up. History needs to be separated from the culture wars in this country, at the moment it feels like we're telling a story that we want to, not one that's accurate.
Undoubtedly Hitler was a terrible person and ordered many evil acts but after the British concentration camps in SA not that long before, the whole noble British empire image is rather misleading.
The Brits spend an absolute fortune in enforcing a ban on slavery for example. Always overlooked by woke wombles.
We British Would Be Delighted To Accept Reparations For The Slave Trade And Slavery
There's another attempt afoot to collect reparations for the appalling effects of the slave trade and slavery. This time it's certain of the Caribbean countries demanding that Britain, Holland and France should cough up compensation for those horrors. The unfortunate point about such attempts to...www.forbes.com
The Royal Navy has a proud history associated with the abolition of the slave trade and the pursuance of humanitarian rights, playing a significant role in the years following the 1807 Act to abolish the Slave Trade, through active policing and enforcement. This campaign which began in West Africa, lasted well into the 20th century and, by then was worldwide. Between 1807 and 1866, the Royal Navy captured well over 500 slave ships and prevented many more from loading their slave cargo.
The abolition was also very demanding for the sailors enforcing the act; the Royal Navy committed up to 13% of its total manpower to its West Africa squadron, which in one year lost 25% of those serving on the station, mainly to disease. Overall, the nineteenth-century costs of suppression were bigger than the eighteenth-century profits.
The English thought they'd get better results by gifting the formerly-enslaved the illusion of free will. Indentured servitude is just slavery with a few extra steps.
There are more slaves now than at any time in history. But hey lets give that a miss and bang on about Britain whose record in this record is better than most other Euro countries.
Before the Brits turned up in India they used to throw wives alive on to their husbands funeral pyres. The Brits stopped it and other such barbaric practices.
Before the Brits turned up in India they used to throw wives alive on to their husbands funeral pyres. The Brits stopped it and other such barbaric practices.
In comparison to other great powers of the time, the British in regard to humane treatment, present in a favourable light.
Sure, if you want to make a reductionist argument; anti-colonialism good, colonialism bad.Lol. This old chestnut.
Dear boy, better your family be raped and murdered by a good Englishman rather than a beastly wog
colonialism bad.