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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 May 2001 18:55:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> That was in the bad old days... most other countries were doing pretty much
> the same - or wanted to.
Great! So now that your country has the benefits of conquest -- wealth and
power -- it is possible for it to show the "kinder and gentler" face of
colonialism -- the hypocrisy of the congenial tyrant. I'd just like you to
know that other countries do not feel about the U.K. as you might feel about it.
Have you ever seen the "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn"? There is a scene in
this film where the character Ash just having come out of a bout of
possession with dead spirits is about to be killed by Annie...
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ASH: No! No wait! Listen to me! I'm alright now. That thing is gone! Damn
it! I said I was alright! Are you listening to me? You hear what I'm saying?
I'm alright! I'm alright.
ANNIE: OK, maybe you are. But for how long?
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See my point?
-- Richard
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| (...) I assume you live in the USA. Does your economy, some would argue, not owe a lot to slavery, exploitation of native Americans, pillaging of the developing world by multi-nationals and destruction of the global environment? I could well say to (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That was in the bad old days... most other countries were doing pretty much the same - or wanted to. But sure, I'm still not proud of it. Anyhow, we have rebranded ourselves as the "UK" :-) (...) I view some laws as protection for the poor or (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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