dreamznatcher wrote:
> On Jul 3, 3:44 am, "Neil" <nos..._at_nospam.net> wrote:
>
>>Two points.
>>
>>One, we're not living in Shakespeare's day anymore, so get over it.
>
>
> You obviously have no idea of the impact Shakespeare has had on the
> English language, and the many idioms and phrases and metaphors which
> he created that are still commonly being used today, by American
> English speakers and British English speakers alike, and just about by
> any anyone on any part of the globe speaking English.
>
>
>>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.
Are you suggesting that none of these places were ruins by modern
standards before Europeans arrived? Are you suggesting that Canada, the
USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are ruins?
Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 18:04:18 CDT
