Bruce C. Baker wrote:
> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:46899de5$0$4325$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
>
>>Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>>
>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>And two, Brits don't know nothing. If they did, then they wouldn't have
>>>>>lost
>>>>>their world empire, and wouldn't have needed us to bail them out in
>>>>>WWII.
>>>>
>>>>Let's take that discussion further.
>>>>Wherever the white man goes, everything is left is ruins. Starting
>>>
>>>>from the colonial times and following to the present day, consider
>>>
>>>>reading the histories of the Indian subcontinent, South America,
>>>>Africa, the Middle East, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, with perhaps Iran
>>>>and Venezuela to follow. And let's not even talk about the Red
>>>>Indians.
>>>
>>>Sorry, old boy, but actually it's "Wherever the white man has /departed/,
>>>everything is in ruins." Seems that while the natives are capable of
>>>enjoying the fruits of civilization, they aren't quite capable of
>>>maintaining it. Pity, really.
>>>
>>><snip>
>>
>>Even that isn't necessarily true: see Japan.
>
> Quite right, Bob; I forgot Japan. BUT, can you name another non-European
> country that has adopted western ways so well?
China now that Mao's stupidity is over.
Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 20:42:58 CDT
