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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Amaazee on November 17, 2010, 06:57:56 PM
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In our class we had a HUGE argument about if English(Brits) people ruined the world...
Besides the opinions in class, does anyone else believe this is true?
No offence to English players of the game... :salute
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What were the arguments for that? I honestly can't think of any (and also - what do you mean by 'ruined the world'?)
No offense taken, and no I don't believe it's true ;)
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Monty Python would be a normal way of life.
University of silly walks, barber/lumberjack/cross dressing classes, how not to be seen, etc etc etc
;)
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In our class we had a HUGE argument about if English(Brits) people ruined the world...
Well in this case, I blame Kazaa and Bruv. :)
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Well in this case, I blame Kazaa and Bruv. :)
:lol
well, i think the show "Top Gear" was a blessing to the world.
and now its comming here :rolleyes:
so, no, i dont think the brits completely ruined the world :D
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No they did not ruined the world, they provided us with a Spitfire :old:
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Funny thing is, there is probably an history class in England talking about how the USA ruined the world, I personally believe New Zealand ruined the world.
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Of course we all know who did.
The French. :noid
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I'm pretty sure the British can't be held responsible for ruining the world. Most of you wouldn't be here if not for the English and there certainly wouldn't be a United States. They pretty much defined you.
Think about it.
Oh, and stop butchering the language :D
Also, it was the Aussies who ruined the world. They're all offspring of hardened criminals!
RTR
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(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t5/AK_Comrade/GottstrafeEngland.png)
This guy's pretty entertaining. He thinks (or at least pretends to think) that Russia is a British 'crypto-colony'. Among many other things not pertaining to Britain.
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(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t5/AK_Comrade/GottstrafeEngland.png)
This guy's pretty entertaining. He thinks (or at least pretends to think) that Russia is a British 'crypto-colony'. Among many other things not pertaining to Britain.
ROFL!
RTR
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English(Brits)
Also, there's a difference between England and Britain.
The evil slimy English oppressed & enslaved the Scots and Irish much the same way they did the rest of the world.
(http://pwwwblog.ibeatyou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mel-gibson-braveheart-photograph-c101019223.jpg)
FREEEEDOOOOOOOM
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Also, it was the Aussies who ruined the world. They're all offspring of hardened criminals!
RTR
Say 'ello to uncle chop chop
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The British Empire made countless people her subjects, often under terrible circumstances. They caused wars, oppressed societies, and made a mess of the Mid East alongside the other superpowers. One thing they did manage to do, however, was unintentionally introduce democratic governmental philosophy to their colonies. Though many of her former subjugates and Commonwealth holdings are now somewhat tumultuous areas of the world, they are exponentially more stable than many of the world's other countries.
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unintentionally
Britain and her Commonwealth, collectively, with all things considered, are probably the most democratic and stable states on the face of the planet. That's no accident, bruv.
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Britain and her Commonwealth, collectively, with all things considered, are probably the most democratic and stable states on the face of the planet. That's no accident, bruv.
Yes, that is, basically, what I said. :)
Of course, I'm sure if their former subjects hadn't become weary of their sub-citizenships, the Empire would still retain them as just that, sub-citizens. They did not as a whole seek to liberate and empower the natives, but exposed them to their ideas, which seem to have taken extremely well, giving birth to the US, Canada, India, et cetera.
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India's natives, for example, were made citizens of the British Empire, but with out many of the rights that a white member of the government that presided over them enjoyed. The English did not as a whole seek to liberate and fully empower the Indians, but umimtemtionally introduced their ideas to the population. Had the natives not grown weary of their captivity in their own lands, I am sure the Brits would still keep them in that state today.
Yes, the entire world has been liberalized over the past 100 years, including the (former) British Empire. That's beside the point.
Today India is one of the most stable states in that region, and is still a member of the Commonwealth, and is well on its way to becoming a superpower.
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Yes, the entire world has been liberalized over the past 100 years, including the (former) British Empire. That's beside the point.
Today India is one of the most stable states in that region, and is still a member of the Commonwealth, and is well on its way to becoming a superpower.
That is not besides the point. I felt they were not actively trying to grant liberties to their colonies, while you disagree. We both agree that today the former British Empire is, comparatively, very stable.
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I very much prefer the English ideas of liberty to the French ideas of Liberty and am rather happy that the English exported it as well as they did.
As to colonialism, it was a bad thing, yes. However, the English (British) were by no means the worst of the lot and of the messes left behind when colonial powers withdrew, the British left a good deal more functional states than did the French, Germans or Belgians.
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That is not besides the point. I felt they were not actively trying to grant liberties to their colonies, while you disagree. We both agree that today the former British Empire is, comparatively, very stable.
No one actively grants liberties to anyone. Who's going to share power if they already have all of it, unless they're forced to? :rolleyes:
India and Pakistan got independence from Britain before racial minorities in the United States got the right to vote. Slavery in the Empire was outlawed LONG before it was outlawed in the US (for the sake of comparing the lasting British sphere to one of its colonies that forcefully removed itself). In no cases are rights just 'given out', those who wanted them had to fight very hard to get them. It's the same everywhere.
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Damned pommey bastirds and their malicious and eVile Magna Carta.
Piece of crap parchment that had the misfortune of influencing a
group of rebels in creating their <patooey> Bill of Rights several
hundred years later.
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No one actively grants liberties to anyone. Who's going to share power if they already have all of it, unless they're forced to? :rolleyes:
India and Pakistan got independence from Britain before racial minorities in the United States got the right to vote. Slavery in the Empire was outlawed LONG before it was outlawed in the US (for the sake of comparing the lasting British sphere to one of its colonies that forcefully removed itself). In no cases are rights just 'given out', those who wanted them had to fight very hard to get them. It's the same everywhere.
This is true, and I'm not attacking the British Empire for their practices, either. We are in agreeance here.