"rest of the world into thinking the UK still has the same influence as it did during the 1800"
a bit like the USA today. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> 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 pursued by Britain during the late > 19th century, under the Conservative premierships of Benjamin Disraeli and > the 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. > -- 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.
