----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: war and peace
> Gautam said: > > > 2. If Britain had peacefully left its colonies in, > > say, 1910 or so, I think we would say that, on the > > whole, the British Empire did good for the world. > > They held on too long > > I think it's not so much that they held on too long, but that they left > too suddenly. A more coherent, decades-long policy of disengagement > aimed at leaving a string of thriving capitalist democracies behind > would've been a much better idea. Instead, the detritus of Empire was > the origin and cause of much of the current problems in Africa and the > Middle East. > Absolutely! Just look at Canada! <G> xponent Eh? Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
