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.
Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 19:53:16 CDT
