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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GKL3y3.Ay9@lugnet.com...
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> "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3BB9D390.345B@mindspring.com...
> > Scott A wrote:
> > > > Not at all. If one makes mistakes (and we all have), must one feel bound to
> > > > continue making those same mistakes just because they once did?
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> > > Why not fix the mistakes 1st, before starting a new mess?
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> > Because one can't afford to fix every mistake one has ever made. Do you
> > think the UK should fix all of the mistakes it made with it's
> > colonialism? Who is going to fix the mistakes the Romans made with their
> > colonialism (after all, some of our modern troubles do derive from those
> > mistakes)? Who's going to fix the mistakes that prehistoric man almost
> > certainly made that we have very little idea about, but which certainly
> > had ramifications still being felt today?
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> Perhaps not.
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> But this doesn't stop folk in Ireland, and the world over, believing that the British should return land that was • taken
> a long time ago. Nor people the world over still harboring grudges against the UK's collonial past.
And for Scott's benefit, I should have included the independance of Scotland of course
Mel Gibson is not going to let us forget that one is he?
lawrence
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| (...) Don't worry. I'm very happy to be part of the UK *and* Europe. Scotland has 10% of the UK population, but 90% of the culture (and 95% of the tooth decay and heart disease!) :0 Scott A (25 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3BB9D390.345B@m...ing.com... (...) Perhaps not. But this doesn't stop folk in Ireland, and the world over, believing that the British should return land that was taken a long time ago. Nor (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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