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Liberty4eva 20-04-2011 11:59 PM

Do you wish the British Empire had never collapsed?
 
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...tishEmpire.png

As a history buff, my views on this have evolved over time. I think the world would probably be more stable if the Empire was still around today.

MTVN 21-04-2011 12:03 AM

No, and how exactly would the world be more stable? If anything the opposite would be true, look at all the wars and conflict between competing nations that Colonialism caused

Shaun 21-04-2011 12:12 AM

you seem to be missing a bit ;)

But no.

Liberty4eva 21-04-2011 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4207440)
No, and how exactly would the world be more stable? If anything the opposite would be true, look at all the wars and conflict between competing nations that Colonialism caused

Well look at Zimbabwe, for example. Things today have got to be 10 times as worse as they ever were under colonialism.

ILoveTRW 21-04-2011 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva (Post 4207451)
Well look at Zimbabwe, for example. Things today have got to be 10 times as worse as they ever were under colonialism.

But things were 100 times better before we invaded them in the first place.

ILoveTRW 21-04-2011 12:32 AM

Its no coincidence, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Sudan, Burma, Sierra Leone and Ireland are all ****ed up.

MTVN 21-04-2011 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva (Post 4207451)
Well look at Zimbabwe, for example. Things today have got to be 10 times as worse as they ever were under colonialism.

Look what we did to colonise Zimbabwe or "Rhodesia", slaughtered thousands of their own people, we left the place in a bit of a mess and it descended into civil war.

Liberty4eva 21-04-2011 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ILoveTRW (Post 4207462)
But things were 100 times better before we invaded them in the first place.

Alright, I'll give you that. Australia, New Zealand, Canada didn't turn out so bad, though.

Liberty4eva 21-04-2011 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4207468)
Look what we did to colonise Zimbabwe or "Rhodesia", slaughtered thousands of their own people, we left the place in a bit of a mess and it descended into civil war.

Now that British rule ended people get slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands. The current guy who is running "Rhodesia" is so much worse than any evils (real or imagined) that occured during Britain's reign.

MTVN 21-04-2011 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva (Post 4207474)
Now that British rule ended people get slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands. The current guy who is running "Rhodesia" is so much worse than any evils (real or imagined) that occured during Britain's reign.

Not sure where you get that hundreds of thousands figure from, seems a big exaggeration. And I Dunno about your other claim, I wouldnt say Mugabe is worse than Cecil Rhodes, and tbh I think Britain does have to take some responsibility for the country being in the chaos it is now

ILoveTRW 21-04-2011 12:48 AM

Zimbabwe ain't got **** on Rwanda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide

GiRTh 21-04-2011 01:35 AM

Oh dear lord.:bored:

Stu 21-04-2011 07:57 AM

I love when ILTRW starts posting in serious debates. It's like putting a small child behind the wheel of a fast car.

joeysteele 21-04-2011 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4207440)
No, and how exactly would the world be more stable? If anything the opposite would be true, look at all the wars and conflict between competing nations that Colonialism caused

Totally agree, Countries now want to be free of any old kind of rule from other Nations, there would be far greater protests and flare ups of violence all over if Britain still had its'empire'.

No,for me it's a good thing it collapsed. It inevitably had to in reality.

Vicky. 21-04-2011 08:38 AM

Nope :/

arista 21-04-2011 10:55 AM

I would be Running Canada



Novo would be Given Down Under
to control the Criminals we export.



Vicky would be Given Hong Kong


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