Simon von Carstein said:
The point is that English, Scots, Welsh and Irish peoples are stronger when on the same side working towards the same goal. You may have noticed that when we were doing that we ruled a quarter of the globe and a third of the entire world population and we didn't even have to commit acts of genocide to do it.
No you didn't commit genocide, but you did pluck half Africa empty of people, so called slaves, just like the Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch did. There is no lack of evidence of that. You ruled a quarter of the world, but did you bring prosperity to all of those lands? No you didn't. Half of the empire was acquired to steal their resources like gold, ivory and diamonds and people to work as slaves in the other half of your empire!
It's rediculous to hint at 'we were better off' in that time era as an united British Empire, because only the British prospered because of it. Let me give you some proven facts.
India was abused and surpressed to provide tea and spices, their slaves and black slaves having to cool down British officers with palm leaves, because they were so 'overheated' there in India. Meanwhile, you produced your products and send them right back to India to be sold at rediculous prices, all the time the workers, or slaves, receiving minimal money and food to sustain themselves and had to buy the products they produced themselves!
Africa was ripped from resources. Diamonds, gold, ivory. No land was safe for your empire if they heard there were valuable resources to be found. The Zulus are a great example. Elephants were also killed by many imperialists, only for their most wanted ivory. Slaves were taken from the lands. Despicable, I say.
America, ah yes the promised land. You say that Americans killed off the Indians, but the British helped just as much. Wasn't it the Bristish who pushed them back into the west? Wasn't it the British who tried to 'persuade' and corrupt the Indians to help fight the French in Canada? The British Empire killed Indians too, and ultimately led to their near-extinction, just as much as the Americans did.
Must I also remember you about the Opium War? A war started by the British Empire who wanted to keep selling their addictive drugs to China (who didn't want that anymore)? Of course the British Empire won the war and were able to addict half the country.
And these are just a few of the horrible things that went on in the world at that time.
Simon von Carstein said:
2. Africa it used to be such a nice place of course that went down the drain after we left. Apartheid took hold after the British removed itself from the continent. I don't give a damn about skin colour even if some do. Lets look at Rhodesia now known to some as Zimbabwe africa's breadbasket until some idiot decided that it was more pc for a black man to rule an african nation than a white one. It is now the most impoverished nation in africa still never mind at least the whites are not in charge. I'm sure the starving masses must be over the moon with that.
Blacks weren't considered first class citizens in the first place. They had to be taught the Western European way, learn the language and lose all the African tradition. Teach them and dress them the same way. The British and French Empire killed what was called the African tradition, and with that, their way of living. And now they were gaining independence, they didn't even remember their old ways because of centuries of oppression. Not one of them knew how to run their country, now modeled into Western European style, effectively, because they were never let into governement positions (or, in fact, any important position). What did the British do? Leave them alone as fast as they could. Once again, it's the British Empire's fault many of the African countries fell into poverty.
Apartheid existed in South Africa, and who runned the country? You guess it right, it were white people. Not necessarily British, still white. But as I wrote in the above paragraph, the British Empire considered blacks at least second rank citizens, if not worse.
Simon von Carstein said:
3. Slavery yes that old chestnut. I'm told we must all say sorry and beg for forgiveness. Well heres something for all of those who think that. Howabout NO!!!!!!!!!!!! Slavery was indeed a terrible crime to commit but I'm going to point out that though the British were slavers for a time. We went through an Age of enlightenment and we stopped it and even went to war to stop other countries who it might add were far worse when it came to the treatment of slaves from doing it. We did our part. We set the gears in motion if the descendants want apologies then to talk to France, Spain and Portugal there the ones you want not us.
Have you ever seen a country go to war for such a noble thing? Stop countries using slavery? Give me a break. The only reason the British went to war was because the countries who still hadn't abolished slavery were arch-enemies of the British. The British, realizing that their power will weaken over time, would do anything to be recognized a superpower. And in effect, gain more control.
I don't want you to beg for forgiveness or say sorry. I want you to realize how it had come to it, and that such things should never happen again. The same with Hitler in WO II, don't stand there are a flock of sheep and let a extreme nationalist take over the country.
Simon von Carstein said:
Thats many years worth of frustration out of my system now. The fact remains that my people have done great things for this world so damn well acknowledge that and when I say people I mean all denisens of the British Isles plus the peoples from all over the world who continue to remain part of the commonwealth and swear loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II (God Bless Her) The true First Lady as she is considerably better than all the so called Presidents, Prime Ministers and governments who have just got too big for own boots and have forgotten that they exist to serve the people not themselves.
Well I hope I haven't grown your frustration again. You're people have done great things, but not necessarily the right things. Just like the Dutch, but I don't boast about it (and I won't). And I won't go beg you for doing more great things.
Ehm, also, I feel that the Dutch queen is a lot more closer to the people than the British Queen, considering that on her birthday she and the Royal family visits a city, wave to people and shake their hands,
without any protection even within 5 meters. Beat that.
We've got very liberal government too. I heard the British Parliament and Ministers seem to roll in money scandal, one after the other, so I'm pretty sure we beat that too.
The fact remains that my people have done great things for this world so damn well acknowledge that and when I say people I mean all denisens of the British Isles plus the peoples from all over the world who continue to remain part of the commonwealth and swear loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II (God Bless Her) The true First Lady as she is considerably better than all the so called Presidents, Prime Ministers and governments who have just got too big for own boots and have forgotten that they exist to serve the people not themselves.