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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (174722)	8/28/2003 7:05:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583275

Ted, Had the New World shown great value to the Brits. and the other Europeans, we would have been in big trouble. You could probably look towards Latin America as colonialism that has failed. At least the Brits set up an economical infrastructure within North America for the purposes of trade and commerce. Spain pretty much plundered the wealth of their colonies and spent it all like drunken sailors. (Or that's my less-than-informed opinion, so don't flame me if I'm off the mark.) You're right about Spain. However, I'm not sure that the Brits gave us much structure. The difference between us and SA is that we got rid of the Brits in the 18th century whereas SA didn't get rid of Spain until the late 19th/ early 20th century. That gave the Spaniards an extra 100 years of plundering. Having said that, the Brits were noted for being nicer to their colonies than France or Spain. Its unrealistic now. It won't be say one hundred or two hundred years from now. By then the racial lines will be blurred by interracial marriages and unions. Cultural lines will be blurred by international pop culture, from sports to movies and yes, even sex. Yes, a victim of the need for globalization may be our racial and ethnic distinctions. That makes me sad but then, by that time, they may not care all that much. I believe we'll evolve towards a world community, but I don't believe we should push that evolution along. I think too many people in the U.N. believe in that, which leads them to push neo-socialist agendas. I'm not sure the two movements are as closely linked as you think. ted