On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 19:54 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote: > > I wonder how much this is an example of the British policy of > > mangnificant isolation and so where they would make alliances that > > resulted in the status quo remaining the same, avoiding any one power > > becoming too strong. Its not so much the value gained from the > > alliance but rather that it keeps weaken some competitors at the > > expense of improving the situation of others. > > USA, Japan, China have had isolationist periods, but I am not sure UK > has ever done that sort of thing. Quite the opposite, the UK government > still tries to con the rest of the world into thinking the UK still has > the same influence as it did during the 1800s. > > The USA has not had an isolationist policy since WW2 - in case you have forgotten, they have started more wars and enacted more military actions etc in the last 50 years than everyone else put together. > Interestingly there are many parallels between the recent behaviours of > the major US computing-related corporations and the behaviours of the > European governments in the 1860--1914 period. > > -- > Russel. > > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > sip:[email protected] <sip%[email protected]> > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation *Splendid Isolation* was the foreign policy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy>pursued by Britain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland>during the late 19th century, under the Conservative <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_%28UK%29>premierships of Benjamin Disraeli <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli> and the Marquess of Salisbury<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury>. The term was actually coined by a Canadian politician to praise Britain's lack of involvement in European affairs. There is much debate between historians over whether this policy was intentional or whether Britain simply was forced into the position by contemporary events. .. now replace Britain with say IBM and European affairs with 'java" is my original statement fair ? -- mP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
