What's with the moderate attitude? it's confusing.
You object to my true opinions showing? I think most Americans have a good opinion of the British and Britain.
Actually, I'm pretty much with Britain on the NI question. I think BOTH sides are seriously nuts. Or were, anyway; they seem to be getting along better now. Amazing! Maybe there really is hope for the Middle East.
Can you imagine how much better off both sides would be if they had come to a reasonable agreement, say, 50 years ago and cooperated instead of killing each other?
Perfidious Albion, remember?
That's the French version of reality, isn't it?
There's a reason we used to have a good war every 30 years or so.
You are running late. 57 years. What's wrong?
What do you think all our carefully bred football hooligans are really wanting to do.
Keep THEM on your side of the pond, OK? We don't want OUR football fans (American football, Australian rules football) learning from them.
I think you rather improved on the UK version of the time... democracy was distinctly limited in 1770, basically you had to be rich, male and in the right area. or in one of a few cities, and literate.
originallt in this country, you had to be a property owner (sort of rich) and male. After the Civil War in the American South, literacy tests were common. You could fix them so blacks couldn't vote.
in the right area. or in one of a few cities
What's that about? There were areas of Britain where no one had the franchise.
we don't even get to fight the French these days.
That's too bad. :-)
this would be the first century since ~300AD when an army (or navy) hasn't crossed one way or the other to do some serious damage.
Let's see, 55 BC was Caesar's invasion. From that until the fall of ROme, there were periodic back and forths across the channel such as Roman generals in Britain invading Gaul to put down rebellion and Roman generals in Gaul invading Britain to put down rebellions. Plus some British Roman generals who thought they were Roman Emperor. That ended in the early 400's. Then there was William and 1066. In between?
Then there were a series of unpleasantnesses caused by the English claim on Normandy that William brought with him. I don't remember just when that claim got dropped.
Then there was Napoleon and the problems he caused. Then some minor (?) stuff like Crimea. Then WW1 and WW2. |
