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Mon 29 May, 2006 11:23 am
it occurs to me sometimes that britain and her empire building past seem to be to blame for rather a lot of the world's conflicts and problems, eg slavery, irish conflict, israel, etc.. etc...if you look at the countries with a more peaceful history, eg norway, they have managed to evade britains grasp - they came and conquered us not the other way around! ...any thoughts?
@coolgal,
It is the quest of any country to do for it citizens what it believes is right. To the victor goes the spoils.
@coolgal,
I'm not sure I follow this topic completely.
Granted I'm slightly toasted.
@ndjs,
Arguments could be made to support that hypothesis , but realizing the vastness of England's empire in its prime , we would expect an influence in many aspects .
We should also realize that empire's positive contributions to the world as well .
Can we blame England so much when many of the territories it ruled were also ruled by other invaders and exploiters before England ?
And - is America an example you would list there also ?
@coolgal,
England is one of the biggest reasons we are as great as we are.
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