To: Maurice Winn who wrote (25582 ) 11/25/2007 10:42:31 PM From: Cogito Ergo Sum Read Replies (1) | Respond to M,John Stuart Mill Well that certainly explains what I find to be the misguided bent of your posts on this topic... That's right up there with the Iraqi rose petal parade we missed .. Now at least I understand why you continue to infer that British Opium wars were about Chinese freedom of expression ROTF...It's always different Only human nature is relatively constant, although every once in a while some truly selfless individual pops up..The British signed up with Maoris of the day for mutual benefit, not dinner. Not unlike the French and Indian Wars in NA and pretty much the entire system of alliances, Hurons and French against Iroquois and British... That was particularly ironic since the Hurons were really an Iroquois group... but man will be man and I digress.. So the British lowered themselves to the level (almost as they didn't eat anyone I think) of the locals in the interests of spreading a greater culture ?A mutiny is not quite the same as an escape. My point again is that they were not bringing anything really beneficial to these people, just using them.The simple answer is anti-British mentality. That is just funny. I guess I need a divorce now... I better break off relations with all those nice folks I've added to my extended family..you suffer from knowing that the rest of the world fails to appreciate this unalloyed philanthropy and suspects Britain's motives. A problem from which the US suffers today.. :o) the Brits are no better or worse than anybody else that was too vague. At any rate it is precisely what I find to be a racist bent of some of your posts. If you want to talk about the evils the Chinese perpetrated upon themselves in comparison, that would be fair and even handed but absolving simply on the basis of your belief system gives me pause..Melanesian mission ship I think the evidence in the New World is not too positive all in all on the overall missionary experience.. I don't know about your neck of the woods though..
